Updated: 2026-02-27 00:13:30.384874
Description:
A race condition accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way users do rename in specific way with OverlayFS. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 4.7 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 4.7 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-11-21 04:12:22 | This issue is a local-only, high‑complexity race condition in OverlayFS’s rename path that resul... | |
| CentOS 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-30 18:48:16 | Not affected: This CVE targets the Linux kernel’s OverlayFS subsystem, but OverlayFS was not inclu... | |
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2024:1720468480 | 2024-07-23 17:33:17 | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2022:1651145959 | 2022-04-28 15:58:51 | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2022:1644934107 | 2022-03-10 14:51:55 | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-30 18:48:16 | ||
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2022-03-30 18:48:16 | Not affected: This CVE targets the Linux kernel’s OverlayFS subsystem, but OverlayFS was not inclu... | |
| RHEL 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2025:1750353839 | 2025-06-20 00:28:24 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Already Fixed | 2023-07-17 11:09:25 | ||
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2023:1690395161 | 2023-07-26 17:15:26 |