CVE-2016-1575 (GCVE-0-2016-1575)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-02 10:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:02
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1575.html Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/bugs/1534961 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1575.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1534961 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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