CVE-2013-1956
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 24, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
Description
The create_user_ns function in kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not check whether a chroot directory exists that differs from the namespace root directory, which allows local users to bypass intended filesystem restrictions via a crafted clone system call.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3151527ee007b73a0ebd296010f1c0454a919c7d
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3151527ee007b73a0ebd296010f1c0454a919c7d
- [oss-security] 20130416 Re: Re: Summary of security bugs (now fixed) in user namespacesmailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
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