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CVE-2023-2640

CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
15%p97
Published
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Modified
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Description · NVD

On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.

Vendors
canonical
Products
ubuntu linux
Weakness
CWE-863
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (15.2%)

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