CVE-2016-1576 in Linux Kernelinfo

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.

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01/12/2016

Disclosure

05/02/2016

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IDVulnerabilityCWEExpCouCVE
83138Linux Kernel overlayfs access control264Proof-of-ConceptOfficial fixCVE-2016-1576

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