CVE-2023-2640
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jul 26, 2023
Updated: Aug 3, 2023
CWE ID 863
Summary
CVE-2023-2640 is a vulnerability affecting certain Ubuntu kernels. When these kernels have both the specific commit c914c0e27eb0 and the "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs" configuration, an unprivileged user can set privileged extended attributes on mounted files. These attributes can then be propagated to the parent directories without proper security checks, potentially leading to elevated privileges. This issue poses a risk to the confidentiality and integrity of affected systems.
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Affected Products
- Ubuntu Linux
Affected Vendors
- Canonical System
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