CVE-2016-4581

 

Published at: - 23-05-2016 12:59

Last modified: - 26-10-2022 01:44

Total changes: - 3

Description

fs/pnode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 does not properly traverse a mount propagation tree in a certain case involving a slave mount, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted series of mount system calls.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• [oss-security] 20160511 CVE request: Mishandling the first propagated copy being a slave-
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.4
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333712
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ec0811d30378ae104f250bfc9b3640242d81e3f
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5ec0811d30378ae104f250bfc9b3640242d81e3f
• USN-3000-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-2998-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3002-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3003-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3001-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3004-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-2989-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3005-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3007-1-Third Party Advisory
• USN-3006-1-Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
• openSUSE-SU-2016:1641-
• 90607-
• DSA-3607-
• RHSA-2016:2584-
• RHSA-2016:2574-

 

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CVE-2016-4581

 

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