USN-2910-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-2910-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2910-1 22nd February, 2016 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software description linux-lts-vivid – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid Details halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount,incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A localunprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectlypropagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. Alocal unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges.(CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a racebetween read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this tocause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7550) 郭永刚 discovered that the Linux kernel networking implementation [ more… ]