CVE-2016-6213 (GCVE-0-2016-6213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-28 07:42 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
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Summary
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.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-07-13 00:00
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