CVE-2016-2854

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 2, 2016
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Mar 6, 2016

Description

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/AufsPrivilegeEscalationInUserNamespaces/
[oss-security] 20160224 Aufs Union Filesystem Privilege Escalation In User Namespacesmailing-list
[aufs] 20160219 aufs3 and aufs4 GIT releasemailing-list
96838vdb-entry

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