Bug 742027 – VUL-0: CVE-2012-0055: kernel: overlayfs: missing inode security checks

Bug 742027 - (CVE-2012-0055) VUL-0: CVE-2012-0055: kernel: overlayfs: missing inode security checks

(CVE-2012-0055)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2012-0055: kernel: overlayfs: missing inode security checks

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	General
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
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Reported:	2012-01-18 08:05 UTC by Sebastian Krahmer
Modified:	2017-04-04 17:47 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Sebastian Krahmer 2012-01-18 08:05:39 UTC

From: Marc Deslauriers
To: coley
Cc: oss-security
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:55:07 -0500

Could we please get a CVE assigned to the following issue:

overlayfs, as used in the Ubuntu kernel, doesn't perform required inode
security checks, bypassing intended security restrictions.

Bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/915941

Upstream source:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git

Thanks,

Marc.

Comment 1 Sebastian Krahmer 2012-01-18 08:06:06 UTC

CVE-2012-0055

Comment 2 Michal Hocko 2012-01-18 10:27:55 UTC

Doesn't affect any of SLES*-TD branches

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2012-01-20 23:00:22 UTC

bugbot adjusting priority

Comment 4 Marcus Meissner 2012-01-24 14:01:47 UTC

we do not include overlayfs, it seems to be a Ubuntu local addition.