VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-10140

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-08-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a denial of service situation via NULL pointer dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the kernel creating a denial of service (DOS).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references