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CVE-2009-4411

LOW CVSS: 3.7 Published: 2009-12-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

Affected Platforms

Xfs Acl

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References