LXCFS Privilege Acquisition Vulnerability

LXCFS is a suite of user-space filesystem software for solving the Linux kernel's constraints. A security vulnerability exists in the 'dowritepids' function in the lxcfs.c file in versions prior to LXCFS 0.12. Due to the program failing to properly check permissions. A local attacker could exploi...

PT-2015-5223

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LXCFS versions prior to 0.12 Description The issue arises from the do write pids function in lxcfs.c, which fails to properly check permissions. This allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file. Recommendations For...