Description
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.
Published: 2020-11-28
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-21746 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.
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:48:01.776Z

Reserved: 2020-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-29373

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-28T07:15:11.803

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:23:56.347

Link: CVE-2020-29373

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Severity :

Publid Date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-29373 - Bugzilla

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