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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | linux | 4.15.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-03-02 04:04:07 | Ignored due to low severity |