CVE-2016-6246

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenbsd
PublishedMar 7, 2017
First seenMar 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openbsd openbsd5.8, 5.9—

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