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LIN7-6479 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-1237

Created: Jun 29, 2016    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Jul 31, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0
Fix Version: 7.0.0.19
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel

Description

It was found that nfsd is missing permissions check when setting ACL, which allows local users to gain access to any file by setting ACL.

Introduced in v3.14-rc1 by following commit:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ac7249ea5a0ceef9f8269f63f33cc873c3fac61

Upstream fix:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4

Prerequisite for the fix: 

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485e71e8fb6356c08c7fc6bcce4bf02c9a9a663f

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