CVE-2019-10140

Published: Aug 15, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a denial of service situation via NULL pointer dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the kernel creating a denial of service (DOS).

Affected (2)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel · Redhat: Enterprise Linux

1 product

1 product

Enterprise Linux

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 3.10

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10140

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10140

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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