CVE-2019-10140

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.10 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in overlayfs

Title source: llm

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).

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10140

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 26.3%

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-476

Status published

Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.10

redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0

Published Aug 15, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026