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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:52:51 +0000
From: halfdog <me@...fdog.net>
To: Alon Zahavi <Alon.Zahavi@...erark.com>
cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE-2021-3847: OverlayFS - Potential Privilege Escalation using overlays copy_up
Alon Zahavi writes:
>
> After disclosing the issue with the linux-distros mailing list,
> I am reporting the security issue publicly to here. There is
> no patch available and may not be available for a long time
> because the kernel can't enforce the mitigation proposed, as
> that would be a layering violation and could also possibly
> cause a regression. This vulnerability was attached with
> CVE-2021-3847. Here is the report that was initially sent:
> ...
Just funny, just hours before this mail I got 3 mails on different
overlayfs copy-up vuln, e.g.
"""
The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be
fixed for that release
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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...
[Bug 1534961] Re: CVE-2016-1575
[Bug 1547400] Re: CVE-2016-2853
[Bug 1535150] Re: CVE-2016-1576
So it is 5 years and not so much changed :-)
Overlayfs and alike where lower privileged user can simultaneously
access lower/upper AND the mounted file system is extremely dangerous
and prone to so many vulns, that nobody should use/allow that.
hd
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