Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1576
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.
Vulnerable Configurations
Exploit-Db
| description | Ubuntu 15.10 - 'USERNS ' Overlayfs Over Fuse Privilege Escalation. CVE-2016-1576. Local exploit for Linux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:41763 |
| last seen | 2017-03-29 |
| modified | 2016-11-22 |
| published | 2016-11-22 |
| reporter | Exploit-DB |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/41763/ |
| title | Ubuntu 15.10 - 'USERNS ' Overlayfs Over Fuse Privilege Escalation |
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2909-2.NASL description USN-2909-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics displays for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS guests running the Ubuntu 14.10 backport kernel within VMware virtual machines. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89025 published 2016-02-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89025 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic regression (USN-2909-2) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2017-0174.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0174 for details. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-12-14 plugin id 105248 published 2017-12-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105248 title OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0174) (BlueBorne) (Dirty COW) (Stack Clash) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1491.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-13 plugin id 124815 published 2019-05-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124815 title EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1491) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2908-3.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4312) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88899 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88899 title Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-2908-3) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2908-4.NASL description USN-2908-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics displays for Ubuntu 15.10 guests running within VMware virtual machines. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4312) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89023 published 2016-02-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89023 title Ubuntu 15.10 : linux regression (USN-2908-4) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2908-2.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4312) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88898 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88898 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities (USN-2908-2) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2908-1.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4312) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88897 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88897 title Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2908-1) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2017-0145.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0145 for details. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102774 published 2017-08-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102774 title OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0145) (Stack Clash) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2909-1.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88900 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88900 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2909-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1528.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2019-05-14 plugin id 124981 published 2019-05-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124981 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1528) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2907-1.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a race between read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7550) Guoyong Gang discovered that the Linux kernel networking implementation did not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-8543) Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the pptp implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify an address length when setting up a socket. A local attacker could use this to craft an application that exposed sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-8569) David Miller discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the socket address length for Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) sockets. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88895 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88895 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2907-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2017-3659.NASL description The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel package(s). last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-12-14 plugin id 105247 published 2017-12-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105247 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3659) (BlueBorne) (Dirty COW) (Stack Clash) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2908-5.NASL description USN-2908-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 15.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics displays for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS guests running the Ubuntu 15.10 backport kernel within VMware virtual machines. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4312) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89024 published 2016-02-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89024 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily regression (USN-2908-5) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2910-1.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a race between read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7550) Guoyong Gang discovered that the Linux kernel networking implementation did not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-8543) Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the pptp implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify an address length when setting up a socket. A local attacker could use this to craft an application that exposed sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-8569) David Miller discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the socket address length for Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) sockets. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88901 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88901 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities (USN-2910-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2907-2.NASL description halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a race between read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7550) Guoyong Gang discovered that the Linux kernel networking implementation did not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-8543) Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the pptp implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify an address length when setting up a socket. A local attacker could use this to craft an application that exposed sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-8569) David Miller discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the socket address length for Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) sockets. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 88896 published 2016-02-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88896 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2907-2) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2017-3609.NASL description The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel package(s). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102773 published 2017-08-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102773 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3609) (Stack Clash) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2910-2.NASL description USN-2910-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 15.04 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics displays for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS guests running the Ubuntu 15.04 backport kernel within VMware virtual machines. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1576) halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security sensitive extended attributes, such as POSIX ACLs. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. (CVE-2016-1575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a race between read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7550) Guoyong Gang discovered that the Linux kernel networking implementation did not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-8543) Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the pptp implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify an address length when setting up a socket. A local attacker could use this to craft an application that exposed sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-8569) David Miller discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the socket address length for Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO) sockets. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8575) It was discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89026 published 2016-02-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89026 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid regression (USN-2910-2)
References
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxid-file.patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/8
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/OverlayfsOverFusePrivilegeEscalation/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1535150
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-upper-moun.patch
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1576.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1