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CVE-2018-13405
high
Description
The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16 allows local users to create files with an unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a directory is SGID to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the non-member can trigger creation of a plain file whose group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was that the non-member can trigger creation of a directory (but not a plain file) whose group ownership is that group. The non-member can escalate privileges by making the plain file executable and SGID.
References
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45033/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4266
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1015082951204327425
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00854051
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00014.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0fa3ecd87848c9c93c2c828ef4c3a8ca36ce46c7
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4164
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2696
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2566
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2476
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0717
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503