Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-10140
CVE-2019-10140
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).
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
2- OpenSource/kernel:v5Range: up to kernel-3.10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.