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HistoryDec 28, 2016 - 7:42 a.m.

CVE-2016-6213

2016-12-2807:42:00
mitre
www.cve.org
2

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.