CVE-2016-6246

N/A
Published: March 7, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users with kern.usermount privileges to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by mounting a tmpfs with a VNOVAL in the (1) username, (2) groupname, or (3) device name of the root node.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/7

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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