USN-2612-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
6
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
05/20/2015
07/25/2018
05/21/2015
07/09/2020
Description
Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1464-omap4
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