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CVE-2016-6213

CVSS v3.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 12
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-12-28 07:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-01-05 02:31:05
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.8.15 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.8.15