CVE-2016-6213
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 13, 2016
Description
fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20160713 Re: cve request: local DoS by overflowing kernel mount table using shared bind mountmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d29216842a85c7970c536108e093963f02714498
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d29216842a85c7970c536108e093963f02714498
- 91754vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356471
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
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