CVE-2015-3339 in Linux Kernelinfo

Summary

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

Reservation

04/20/2015

Disclosure

05/27/2015

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