CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-4176
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 does not properly support mount connectivity, which allows local users to read arbitrary files by leveraging user-namespace root access for deletion of a file or directory.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249442 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249442 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f Vendor Advisory