CVE-2015-3170

MEDIUM

selinux-policy - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by creating a hardlink to /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.

References (1)

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218672

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-254

Status published

Products (2)

selinux_project/selinux

n/a/n/a

Published Jul 21, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026