CVE-2015-4176
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2016-05-02
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249442
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f
