---
cve: "CVE-2016-7097"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "38%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-10-16 21:59:11"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-07T09:54:58+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-7097

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions.

## Referenzen

- <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2>
- <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1>
- <https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92659>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669>
- <http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg98328.html>
- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073931017b49d9458aa351605b43a7e34598caef>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/26/3>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html>
- <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3147-1>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1368938>
- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073931017b49d9458aa351605b43a7e34598caef>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842>
- <http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=147162313630259&w=2>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-7097) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_