FKIE_CVE-2015-1344

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-12-07 20:59 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30
Severity
Summary
The do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854
security@ubuntu.comhttps://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical lxcfs *
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