CVE-2023-32629

Summary

CVECVE-2023-32629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-26 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-11 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionLocal privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu Kernels overlayfs ovl_copy_up_meta_inode_data skip permission checks when calling ovl_do_setxattr on Ubuntu kernels

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 23.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0097-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SRU Focal 1/1] ovl: adhere to the vfs_ vs. ovl_do_ conventions for xattrs MISC lists.ubuntu.com
Page not found | Wiz MISC wiz.io
CVE - CVE-2023-32629 MISC cve.mitre.org
USN-6250-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu MISC ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199608 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6250-1)
  • 199610 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6248-1)
  • 199613 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6251-1)
  • 199618 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6260-1)
  • 199623 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (IoT) Vulnerabilities (USN-6261-1)
  • 199651 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6285-1)
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