Bypassing File-Permission Restrictions in Linux Kernel's nfsd

CVE-2016-1237 · MEDIUM Severity

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

nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c.

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