Security Advisory
CVE-2015-1350
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.
Published Date
May 2, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory