Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6197

Title: Oracle Linux Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-6197.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Aug 06, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6197: 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.

Impacted Vendors

O
oracle 2
L
linux 1
C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1
S
sun 1
U
ubuntu 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355650 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/11f3710417d026ea2f4fcf362d866342c5274185
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-6197 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.