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CVE-2015-8953
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-16T21:59:03.067 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:33.333

Summary

fs/overlayfs/copy_up.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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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