aufs: improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.4epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 90% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Ubuntu · Linux kernel (aufs filesystem module)