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[Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Making this bug public since all the details in this bug are already
public.

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-8660

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

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Title:
  overlay setattr vulnerability

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/5

  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acff81ec2c79492b180fade3c2894425cd35a545

  This allows unprivileged users to change attributes on root-owned
  files.

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