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Unscored USN-2644-2 0 CVEs

linux-lts-utopic regression

Published Jun 21, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel's
overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the
lower layer results in a kernel panic.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs
mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to
gain administrative privileges on the system.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-41.57~14.04.1

References

  • report
    http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465998