Security Advisory

CVE-2016-1576

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-05-02 10:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-05 23:02:11

Assigner canonical

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

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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