CVE-2016-2854

Published: May 2, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/AufsPrivilegeEscalationInUserNamespaces/

x_refsource_MISC

[oss-security] 20160224 Aufs Union Filesystem Privilege Escalation In User Namespaces

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

[aufs] 20160219 aufs3 and aufs4 GIT release

mailing-list

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96838

vdb-entry

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CVE-2016-2854

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