The overlayfs implementation in the linux (aka Linux kernel) package before 3.19.0-21.21 in Ubuntu through 15.04 does not properly check permissions for file creation in the upper filesystem directory, which allows local users to obtain root access by leveraging a configuration in which overlayfs is permitted in an arbitrary mount namespace.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2016-11-28T03:01:00

Updated: 2017-09-20T09:57:01

Reserved: 2015-01-22T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-1328

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-28T03:59:00.217

Modified: 2017-09-21T01:29:02.570


Link: CVE-2015-1328

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