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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:55:07 -0500
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@...onical.com>
To: coley@...us.mitre.org
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, security@...ntu.com
Subject: CVE Request: overlayfs

Could we please get a CVE assigned to the following issue:

overlayfs, as used in the Ubuntu kernel, doesn't perform required inode
security checks, bypassing intended security restrictions.

Bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/915941

Upstream source:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git

Thanks,

Marc.


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Marc Deslauriers
Ubuntu Security Engineer     | http://www.ubuntu.com/
Canonical Ltd.               | http://www.canonical.com/

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