Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-debug package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEBUG-1951688
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Aug 2016

Introduced: 23 Aug 2016

CVE-2015-8953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-debug.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug 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.