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CentOS: (CVE-2015-8660) CESA-2016:1539: kernel

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CentOS: (CVE-2015-8660) CESA-2016:1539: kernel

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/28/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
05/03/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0751
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0752
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0755
  • RHSA-2016:1532
  • RHSA-2016:1539
  • RHSA-2016:1541
  • 79671
  • 1034548
  • USN-2857-1
  • USN-2857-2
  • USN-2858-1
  • USN-2858-2
  • USN-2858-3
  • CVE-2015-8660
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