CVE-2016-6198

The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an OverlayFS file is renamed to a self-hardlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call, related to fs/namei.c and fs/open.c.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca Issue Tracking Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca Issue Tracking Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca Issue Tracking Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:55

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 - Issue Tracking, Patch () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca - Issue Tracking, Patch () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html -
References () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 - Release Notes () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5 - Release Notes
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html - Third Party Advisory () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html - Vendor Advisory () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca - Issue Tracking, Patch

Information

Published : 2016-08-06 20:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:55


NVD link : CVE-2016-6198

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6198

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6198


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Products Affected

oracle

  • vm_server
  • linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-284

Improper Access Control