CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4581

Published: May 23, 2016 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

fs/pnode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 does not properly traverse a mount propagation tree in a certain case involving a slave mount, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted series of mount system calls.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 12.04 12.04
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 16.04 16.04
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.10 15.10
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 14.04 14.04

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