CVE-2016-7097
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 16, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 26, 2016
Description
The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3146-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3146-1vendor-advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
- 92659vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisory
- [linux-fsdevel] 20160526 [PATCH 2/2] posix_acl: Clear SGID bit when modifying file permissionsmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073931017b49d9458aa351605b43a7e34598caef
- [oss-security] 20160826 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: Setting a POSIX ACL via setxattr doesn't clear the setgid bitmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:0817vendor-advisory
- USN-3147-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1368938
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073931017b49d9458aa351605b43a7e34598caef
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
- [linux-fsdevel] 20160819 [PATCH v2] posix_acl: Clear SGID bit when setting file permissionsmailing-list
- 1038201vdb-entry
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K31603170?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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