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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-08-06T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.648Z
Reserved: 2016-07-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6197
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:12.067
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:55:39.233
Link: CVE-2016-6197
Redhat