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CVE-2017-5551
medium
Description
The simple_set_acl function in fs/posix_acl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.6 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call involving a tmpfs filesystem, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7097.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/497de07d89c1410d76a15bec2bb41f24a2a89f31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416126
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038053
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95717
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6