Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20166198000
Revision Date: 2016-08-06 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2016-6198 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low. Description: The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an OverlayFS file is renamed to a self-hardlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a rename system call, related to fs/namei.c and fs/open.c. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2016-6198 Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information The 'linux' package in trusty is affected and needs fixing. OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1002.2'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needed now end-of-life'). OR The 'linux-lts-wily' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.2.0-41.48~14.04.1'). OR The 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-28.47~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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