Description
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a denial of service situation via NULL pointer dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the kernel creating a denial of service (DOS).
Published: 2019-08-15
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2179 A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a denial of service situation via NULL pointer dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the kernel creating a denial of service (DOS).
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:10:09.983Z

Reserved: 2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-10140

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-15T17:15:12.083

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:18:30.103

Link: CVE-2019-10140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-08-15T03:50:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-10140 - Bugzilla

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