CVE-2016-1576 (GCVE-0-2016-1576)
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 restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 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://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 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://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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