Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002487)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002487 advisory. The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002918)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002918 advisory. The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by...

SUSE CVE-2016-2854

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

Linux (Ubuntu) - Other Users coredumps Can Be Read via setgid Directory and killpriv Bypass

/ Note: I am both sending this bug report to [email protected] and filing it in the Ubuntu bugtracker because I can't tell whether this counts as a kernel bug or as a Ubuntu bug. You may wish to talk to each other to determine the best place to fix this. I noticed halfdog's old writeup at...

Linux Ubuntu - Other Users coredumps can be read via setgid Directory and killpriv Bypass Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc / Note: I am both sending this bug report to email protected and filing it in the Ubuntu bugtracker because I can't tell whether this counts as a kernel bug or as a Ubuntu bug. You may wish to talk to each other to determine the best place to fix...

Linux #Ubuntu Coredump Reading Access Bypass Vulnerability

Linux/Ubuntu suffers from a vulnerability where other users' coredumps can be read via a setgid directory and killpriv bypass. Linux/Ubuntu: other users' coredumps can be read via setgid directory and killpriv bypass Note: I am both sending this bug report to email protected and filing it in the...

Linux/Ubuntu Coredump Reading Access Bypass

Linux/Ubuntu: other users' coredumps can be read via setgid directory and killpriv bypass Note: I am both sending this bug report to [email protected] and filing it in the Ubuntu bugtracker because I can't tell whether this counts as a kernel bug or as a Ubuntu bug. You may wish to talk to each...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13405

The inodeinitowner 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 trigge...

Systemd 228 (SUSE 12 SP2 / Ubuntu Touch 15.04) - Local Privilege Escalation

/ source: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/4 This is a heads up for a trivial systemd local root exploit, that was silently fixed in the upstream git as: commit 06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e Author: .... Date: Fri Jan 29 23:36:08 2016 +0200 basic: fix touch creatin...

Systemd 228 (SUSE 12 SP2 Ubuntu Touch 15.04) - Local Privilege Escalation

Systemd 228 SUSE 12 SP2 Ubuntu Touch 15.04 - Local Privilege Escalation / source: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/4 This is a heads up for a trivial systemd local root exploit, that was silently fixed in the upstream git as: commit 06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e...

CVE-2016-1575

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

Exim 4 (Debian 8 Ubuntu 16.04) - Spool Privilege Escalation

Exim 4 Debian 8 Ubuntu 16.04 - Spool Privilege Escalation / -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello List, This is just a minor issue in Exim, no replies so far, so publication should be OK. Introduction: ============ Exim4 in some variants is started as root but switches to uid/gid...

CVE-2016-2854

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

CVE-2016-2854

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

CVE-2016-2854

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

CVE-2016-2854

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

CVE-2016-2854: Improper Privilege Management

The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

PT-2016-5242

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 3.x through 4.x Description The issue concerns the aufs module in the Linux kernel, which fails to properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data. This allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting a group-writable setgid...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1575

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

Design/Logic Flaw

The genericfilesplicewrite function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified...