CVE-2016-1575
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 12, 2016
Description
The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1575.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1534961
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/
- [oss-security] 20160224 User Namespaces Overlayfs Xattr Setgid Privilege Escalation: Overlayfsmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20211018 Re: CVE-2021-3847: OverlayFS - Potential Privilege Escalation using overlays copy_upmailing-list
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