CVE-2015-3170

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by creating a hardlink to /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-254

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 21, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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