CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8660
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-12-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.18 < 3.18.31)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.22)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acff81ec2c79492b180fade3c2894425cd35a545 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135151/Ubuntu-14.04-LTS-15.10-overlayfs-Local-Root.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1532.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1539.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1541.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034548 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2857-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2857-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-3 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291329 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/acff81ec2c79492b180fade3c2894425cd35a545 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39166/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39230/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40688/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acff81ec2c79492b180fade3c2894425cd35a545 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00039.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135151/Ubuntu-14.04-LTS-15.10-overlayfs-Local-Root.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1532.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1539.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1541.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034548 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2857-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2857-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2858-3 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291329 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/acff81ec2c79492b180fade3c2894425cd35a545 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39166/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39230/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40688/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry