CVE-2016-1576

T

he overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.

References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 Third Party Advisory
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 Third Party Advisory
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_core:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_touch:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360 - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html - Third Party Advisory () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 - Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2016-05-02 10:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-1576

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1576

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1576


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