Name: CVE-2020-29373: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-29373, CWE-22, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00518

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 28, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade kernel-default	Jan 16, 2021	Nov 28, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-raspi2-5.3Upgrade linux-gke-5.3	Nov 19, 2024	Nov 28, 2020

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