Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2015-4176 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 does not properly support mount connectivity, which allows local users to read arbitrary files by leveraging user-namespace root access for deletion of a file or directory.

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