CVE-2015-1350
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 24, 2015
Description
The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139
- 76075vdb-entry
- [linux-kernel] 20150117 [RFC PATCH RESEND] vfs: Move security_inode_killpriv() after permission checksmailing-list
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492
- [oss-security] 20150124 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel - Denial of service in notify_change for xattrs.mailing-list
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