Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-8953

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - fs/overlayfs/copyup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service dentry referen...

CVE-2015-8953

fs/overlayfs/copyup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service dentry reference leak via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer...

CVE-2015-8953

CVE-2015-8953 affects the Linux kernel overlayfs: copy_up.c contains an incorrect cleanup path that leaks dentry references, enabling local DoS via operations on large files in a lower overlayfs layer. Affected component: overlayfs/copy_up.c in the kernel before 4.2.6. Impact: denial of service d...