I have installed VMs with the various combinations and tried the POC as supplied with each. I confirm that only vivid and later are exposed by the exploit.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528904 Title: overlay setattr vulnerability Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1528904/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
