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LIN8-3526 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-1576

Created: May 17, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: May 24, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.10
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-1576

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