fkie_cve-2016-1575
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-05-02 10:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_core | 15.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 15.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_touch | 15.04 |
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