CVE-2015-1344 Information

Description

The do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.

Reference

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854 https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a