vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-29162: Low priority package update for runc (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 13, 2022 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 13, 2022
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. A bug was found in runc prior to version 1.1.2 where `runc exec --cap` created processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, creating an atypical Linux environment and enabling programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during execve(2). This bug did not affect the container security sandbox as the inheritable set never contained more capabilities than were included in the container's bounding set. This bug has been fixed in runc 1.1.2. This fix changes `runc exec --cap` behavior such that the additional capabilities granted to the process being executed (as specified via `--cap` arguments) do not include inheritable capabilities. In addition, `runc spec` is changed to not set any inheritable capabilities in the created example OCI spec (`config.json`) file.
A flaw was found in runc, where runc exec --cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This issue creates an atypical Linux environment and enables programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during execve(2).
A flaw was found in runc, where runc exec --cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This issue creates an atypical Linux environment and enables programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during execve(2).
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-runcamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-runc-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-runc-debugsource
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