vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-22365: Low priority package update for pam
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 18, 2024 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 18, 2024
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
linux-pam (aka Linux PAM) before 1.6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked login process) via mkfifo because the openat call (for protect_dir) lacks O_DIRECTORY.
A vulnerability was found in Linux PAM. An unprivileged user that is not yet in a corresponding mount namespace with ~/tmp mounted as a polyinstantiated dir can place a FIFO there, and a subsequent attempt to login as this user with `pam_namespace` configured will cause the `openat()` in `protect_dir()` to block the attempt, causing a local denial of service.
A vulnerability was found in Linux PAM. An unprivileged user that is not yet in a corresponding mount namespace with ~/tmp mounted as a polyinstantiated dir can place a FIFO there, and a subsequent attempt to login as this user with `pam_namespace` configured will cause the `openat()` in `protect_dir()` to block the attempt, causing a local denial of service.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-pamamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-pam-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-pam-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-pam-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-pam-docs
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