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Case File

CVE-2016-6198

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.61% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-6198
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.61%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD 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.