CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8953
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
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 configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.2.5)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92611 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92611 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5 Patch