CVE-2016-6246
OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users with kern.usermount privileges to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by mounting a tmpfs with a VNOVAL in the (1) username, (2) groupname, or (3) device name of the root node.
- Affected products
- Openbsd
- Openbsd
- = 5.8, 5.9
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUM
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-07
CVE-2016-6246 at NVD
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