Bug 1249442 (CVE-2015-4176) - CVE-2015-4176 kernel:deletion of a file or directory could unmount and reveal data under a mount point.
Summary: CVE-2015-4176 kernel:deletion of a file or directory could unmount and reveal...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2015-4176
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: Embargoed1224245
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Reported: 2015-08-03 02:07 UTC by Wade Mealing
Modified: 2021-11-12 20:08 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where the deletion of a file or directory could trigger an unmount and reveal data under a mount point. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the new feature of being able to lazily unmount a mount tree when using file system user namespaces.
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Last Closed: 2017-08-25 12:26:17 UTC

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Description Wade Mealing 2015-08-03 02:07:19 UTC 
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where the deletion of a file or directory could
trigger an unmount and reveal data under a mount point. This flaw was inadvertantly
introduced with the new feature of being able to lazily unmount a mount tree when
using filesystem user namespaces.

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e0c9c0afd2fc958ffa34b697972721d81df8a56f
Comment 2 Petr Matousek 2017-08-25 12:26:17 UTC 
Closing, based on Embargoedhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224245#c19
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