runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. In affected versions it was found that rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable in following conditons: 1. when runc is executed inside the user namespace, and the `config.json` does not specify the cgroup namespace to be unshared (e.g.., `(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=host`, with Rootless Docker/Podman/nerdctl) or 2. when runc is executed outside the user namespace, and `/sys` is mounted with `rbind, ro` (e.g., `runc spec --rootless`; this condition is very rare). A container may gain the write access to user-owned cgroup hierarchy `/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/...` on the host . Other users's cgroup hierarchies are not affected. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.1.5. Users unable to upgrade may unshare the cgroup namespace (`(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=private)`. This is the default behavior of Docker/Podman/nerdctl on cgroup v2 hosts. or add `/sys/fs/cgroup` to `maskedPaths`.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade buildahUpgrade cockpit-podmanUpgrade podman-remoteUpgrade aardvark-dnsUpgrade fuse-overlayfsUpgrade containers-commonUpgrade buildah-testsUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hookUpgrade python3-criuUpgrade podman-catatonitUpgrade containernetworking-pluginsUpgrade criuUpgrade libslirp-develUpgrade runcUpgrade criu-libsUpgrade podmanUpgrade critUpgrade udicaUpgrade libslirpUpgrade crunUpgrade podman-testsUpgrade toolboxUpgrade python3-podmanUpgrade criu-develUpgrade container-selinuxUpgrade toolbox-testsUpgrade podman-gvproxyUpgrade skopeoUpgrade podman-pluginsUpgrade slirp4netnsUpgrade netavarkUpgrade skopeo-testsUpgrade podman-dockerUpgrade conmon | Nov 16, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade runc | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade runcUpgrade runc-debuginfo | Jun 7, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade runc-debuginfoUpgrade runcUpgrade runc-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade criu-develUpgrade netavarkUpgrade podman-catatonit-debuginfoUpgrade podman-remote-debuginfoUpgrade conmon-debugsourceUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hookUpgrade buildah-debugsourceUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debugsourceUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debugsourceUpgrade criu-libs-debuginfoUpgrade toolbox-debuginfoUpgrade podman-gvproxy-debuginfoUpgrade toolboxUpgrade criu-debugsourceUpgrade libslirp-debuginfoUpgrade libslirp-develUpgrade podman-catatonitUpgrade podman-remoteUpgrade critUpgrade containers-commonUpgrade toolbox-debugsourceUpgrade podman-pluginsUpgrade podman-debuginfoUpgrade buildah-tests-debuginfoUpgrade containernetworking-pluginsUpgrade runc-debuginfoUpgrade slirp4netns-debugsourceUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debuginfoUpgrade runcUpgrade skopeoUpgrade fuse-overlayfsUpgrade crun-debugsourceUpgrade skopeo-testsUpgrade criu-libsUpgrade udicaUpgrade podmanUpgrade criu-debuginfoUpgrade criuUpgrade slirp4netns-debuginfoUpgrade runc-debugsourceUpgrade podman-debugsourceUpgrade podman-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade python3-podmanUpgrade buildahUpgrade toolbox-testsUpgrade slirp4netnsUpgrade libslirpUpgrade buildah-debuginfoUpgrade aardvark-dnsUpgrade container-selinuxUpgrade podman-dockerUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debugsourceUpgrade podman-gvproxyUpgrade python3-criuUpgrade crun-debuginfoUpgrade crunUpgrade skopeo-debugsourceUpgrade cockpit-podmanUpgrade podman-testsUpgrade skopeo-debuginfoUpgrade libslirp-debugsourceUpgrade conmonUpgrade conmon-debuginfoUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debuginfoUpgrade buildah-tests | Nov 8, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade runc | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-containers/runc. | Aug 12, 2024 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade docker-runc | Jul 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade criu-develUpgrade podman-testsUpgrade cockpit-podmanUpgrade skopeo-testsUpgrade podman-dockerUpgrade container-selinuxUpgrade libslirp-develUpgrade criu-libsUpgrade libslirpUpgrade python3-criuUpgrade aardvark-dnsUpgrade buildah-testsUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hookUpgrade containers-commonUpgrade critUpgrade podman-gvproxyUpgrade slirp4netnsUpgrade netavarkUpgrade conmonUpgrade podman-pluginsUpgrade skopeoUpgrade buildahUpgrade criuUpgrade crunUpgrade udicaUpgrade podman-catatonitUpgrade podman-remoteUpgrade runcUpgrade python3-podmanUpgrade containernetworking-pluginsUpgrade podmanUpgrade fuse-overlayfs | Jul 20, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade podman-gvproxy-debuginfoUpgrade podman-pluginsUpgrade fuse-overlayfsUpgrade toolbox-testsUpgrade libslirp-debuginfoUpgrade netavarkUpgrade critUpgrade udicaUpgrade skopeo-debugsourceUpgrade containernetworking-pluginsUpgrade crun-debugsourceUpgrade toolbox-debugsourceUpgrade buildah-debuginfoUpgrade toolbox-debuginfoUpgrade podman-remoteUpgrade runcUpgrade podmanUpgrade podman-debuginfoUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debuginfoUpgrade criu-debugsourceUpgrade conmon-debugsourceUpgrade crunUpgrade podman-catatonit-debuginfoUpgrade criuUpgrade buildah-debugsourceUpgrade podman-catatonitUpgrade skopeoUpgrade buildahUpgrade toolboxUpgrade criu-libs-debuginfoUpgrade podman-remote-debuginfoUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade python3-criuUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debugsourceUpgrade skopeo-debuginfoUpgrade cockpit-podmanUpgrade slirp4netns-debugsourceUpgrade slirp4netnsUpgrade runc-debugsourceUpgrade libslirpUpgrade podman-dockerUpgrade python3-podmanUpgrade buildah-testsUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debugsourceUpgrade podman-debugsourceUpgrade criu-debuginfoUpgrade slirp4netns-debuginfoUpgrade podman-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade libslirp-develUpgrade podman-testsUpgrade criu-libsUpgrade libslirp-debugsourceUpgrade crun-debuginfoUpgrade container-selinuxUpgrade criu-develUpgrade runc-debuginfoUpgrade podman-gvproxyUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hookUpgrade containers-commonUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade skopeo-testsUpgrade conmonUpgrade buildah-tests-debuginfoUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debugsourceUpgrade aardvark-dnsUpgrade conmon-debuginfo | Nov 8, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade podman-debuginfoUpgrade podmanUpgrade containernetworking-pluginsUpgrade buildahUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debuginfoUpgrade critUpgrade fuse-overlayfsUpgrade buildah-testsUpgrade criuUpgrade buildah-debugsourceUpgrade podman-catatonit-debuginfoUpgrade runcUpgrade python3-criuUpgrade podman-gvproxy-debuginfoUpgrade conmon-debugsourceUpgrade criu-debugsourceUpgrade slirp4netns-debuginfoUpgrade podman-catatonitUpgrade buildah-debuginfoUpgrade libslirp-debuginfoUpgrade crunUpgrade libslirp-debugsourceUpgrade criu-libs-debuginfoUpgrade podman-remoteUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debuginfoUpgrade netavarkUpgrade podman-pluginsUpgrade containers-commonUpgrade buildah-tests-debuginfoUpgrade runc-debuginfoUpgrade conmon-debuginfoUpgrade runc-debugsourceUpgrade podman-testsUpgrade fuse-overlayfs-debugsourceUpgrade podman-remote-debuginfoUpgrade podman-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade libslirp-develUpgrade criu-debuginfoUpgrade conmonUpgrade slirp4netns-debugsourceUpgrade crun-debugsourceUpgrade crun-debuginfoUpgrade podman-debugsourceUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debuginfoUpgrade slirp4netnsUpgrade criu-libsUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hook-debugsourceUpgrade aardvark-dnsUpgrade libslirpUpgrade criu-develUpgrade podman-gvproxyUpgrade oci-seccomp-bpf-hookUpgrade containernetworking-plugins-debugsource | Dec 1, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade runc | Apr 4, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade runcUpgrade runc (Ubuntu Pro) | May 19, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 29, 2023 |
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