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Ubuntu 9.10 USN-1041-1 Critical: Btrfs Filesystem Permission Problem

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent Ubuntu Advisory USN-1041-1 highlights significant kernel permission vulnerabilities that pose risks to user confidentiality within the Btrfs file system.
Dan Rosenberg discovered that the btrfs filesystem did not correctlyvalidate permissions when using the clone function

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security advisory local attack ubuntu permission issue privacy loss btrfs filesystem

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linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities

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security advisory local attack ubuntu permission issue privacy loss btrfs filesystem

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