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CVE-2019-10140

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2019 at 04:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

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 (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10140
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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