{"id":"CVE-2015-8953","details":"fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:46:35.444315Z","published":"2016-10-16T21:59:03Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367814"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92611"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}