https://cve.radiocsirt.org Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:17:29 +0000 https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2016-6213 <p>fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.</p> <p>fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of mounts.</p> https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2016-6213 https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/usn-3160-1 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: linux</p> <p>CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added entries without restriction to the Linux kernel&#39;s mount table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6213)</p> <p>It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2016-7916)</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: linux</p> <p>CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added entries without restriction to the Linux kernel&#39;s mount table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6213)</p> <p>It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2016-7916)</p> https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/usn-3160-1