Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2853

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-05-02 10:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 23:32:21
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an aufs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.