VDB
CVE-2016-6198
CVE-2016-6198
PUBLISHED
The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an OverlayFS file is renamed to a self-hardlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call, related to fs/namei.c and fs/open.c.
EPSS 0.04% · 11.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-166.216, 3.13.0-19.39, 3.13.0-19.40 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | 4.2.0-36.41~14.04.1, 4.2.0-36.42~14.04.1, * |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 5.15.0-1088.97~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1087.96~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1070.79~20.04.1.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1, 4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1, 4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.15.0-1012.13, 0, 5.13.0-1004.4 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0, 4.2.0-1013.19, 4.2.0-1014.21 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop-5.15 | *, 5.15.0-1046.53~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1069.73, 0, 5.4.0-1008.9 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | 0, 6.11.0-17.17~24.04.2, 6.11.0-19.19~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 5.15.0-1073.75, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1096.103, 5.4.0-1035.37, 5.4.0-1037.39 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | *, *, 5.4.0-1103.109+cvm1.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | *, 6.11.0-1016.17~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.4.0-22.39, 0, 4.2.0-16.19 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 5.3.0-1007.8, 0, 5.3.0-1014.16 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1012.12, 4.4.0-1013.14, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1032.35, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-26.30, 0, 5.4.0-24.28 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 6.8.0-2019.20, 0 |
…and 1 more
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Aug 6, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6198 third-party-advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/7 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/kernel/syscalls/rename/rename13.c third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6198 third-party-advisory