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CVE-2016-6197
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-06T20:59:12.067 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:37.223

Summary

fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry before proceeding with unlink and rename system-call processing, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call that specifies a self-hardlink.

Affected products

oracle — linux

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