MSRC_CVE-2021-20321
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2022-02-02 00:00 - Updated: 2022-03-04 00:00Summary
A race condition accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way users do rename in specific way with OverlayFS. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
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