Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed23 Aug 2016
Introduced: 23 Aug 2016
CVE-2015-8953 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92611
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8953
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9