Security Advisory

CVE-2018-16597

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-09-21 16:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 10:24:32
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.