Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8953
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
October 16, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory