CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-29373

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6. It unsafely handles the root directory during path lookups, and thus a process inside a mount namespace can escape to unintended filesystem locations, aka CID-ff002b30181d.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2 / Impact : 4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2011 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff002b30181d30cdfbca316dadd099c3ca0d739c Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-11-28 07:15

Updated : 2020-12-02 05:44

NVD link : CVE-2020-29373

Mitre link : CVE-2020-29373

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-22