5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | le | 4.5.4 |
oracle:linux | oracle linux | eq | 6 |
oracle:vm_server | oracle vm server | eq | 3.4 |
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.3%