CVE-2015-4176

Description

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 does not properly support mount connectivity, which allows local users to read arbitrary files by leveraging user-namespace root access for deletion of a file or directory.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249442

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3