vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2023-0386: FUSE filesystem low-privileged user privileges escalation (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 22, 2023
Added
Apr 6, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with capabilities was found in the Linux kernel’s OverlayFS subsystem in how a user copies a capable file from a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allows a local user to escalate their privileges on the system.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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