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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:59:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: caiqian@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: cve request: local DoS by overflowing kernel mount table using shared bind mount

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> It was reported that the mount table expands by a power-of-two
> with each bind mount command.

> If the system is configured in the way that a non-root user
> allows bind mount even if with limit number of bind mount
> allowed, a non-root user could cause a local DoS by quickly
> overflow the mount table.

> it will cause a deadlock for the whole system,

>> form of unlimited memory consumption that is causing the problem

Use CVE-2016-6213.

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