Vulnerability in OverlayFS Mounts Allows Unauthorized File Modification or Truncation

CVE-2018-16597 · MEDIUM Severity

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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

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