Race Condition Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNEL-2069429
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed11 Jul 2016
Introduced: 11 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-6198 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91709
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1355654
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54d5ca871e72f2bb172ec9323497f01cd5091ec7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9409e22acdfc9153f88d9b1ed2bd2a5b34d2d3ca
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6198
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/8
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1847.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036273