cve-2021-3732
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-07 13:56
Modified
2024-08-03 17:01
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS subsystem in the way the user mounts the TmpFS filesystem with OverlayFS. This flaw allows a local user to gain access to hidden files that should not be accessible.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995249Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=427215d85e8d1476da1a86b8d67aceb485eb3631Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/427215d85e8d1476da1a86b8d67aceb485eb3631Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3732Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/akernel
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