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LIN8-3778 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-4581

Created: May 31, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jul 24, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.8
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html>CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4581

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