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CVE-2020-16120
published 2021-02-10

CVE-2020-16120: Overlayfs did not properly perform permission checking when copying up files in an overlayfs and could be exploited from within a user namespace, if, for…

PriorityP418medium4.4CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.40%
31.9th percentile
Overlayfs did not properly perform permission checking when copying up files in an overlayfs and could be exploited from within a user namespace, if, for example, unprivileged user namespaces were allowed. It was possible to have a file not readable by an unprivileged user to be copied to a mountpoint controlled by the user, like a removable device. This was introduced in kernel version 4.19 by commit d1d04ef ("ovl: stack file ops"). This was fixed in kernel version 5.8 by commits 56230d9 ("ovl: verify permissions in ovl_path_open()"), 48bd024 ("ovl: switch to mounter creds in readdir") and 05acefb ("ovl: check permission to open real file"). Additionally, commits 130fdbc ("ovl: pass correct flags for opening real directory") and 292f902 ("ovl: call secutiry hook in ovl_real_ioctl()") in kernel 5.8 might also be desired or necessary. These additional commits introduced a regression in overlay mounts within user namespaces which prevented access to files with ownership outside of the user namespace. This regression was mitigated by subsequent commit b6650da ("ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIMEi") in kernel 5.11.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.8.7-1 (bookworm)linux 5.8.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.115.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.8.7-15.8.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-121.1234.15.0-121.123
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-51.565.4.0-51.56
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-193.2244.4.0-193.224
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-121.1234.15.0-121.123
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-51.565.4.0-51.56
linux_kernellinux_kernel>= 5.11-stable < 5.11.05.11.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.10.78.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccm1_kernel_5.10.60.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.1MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.1MEDIUM
vendor_msrc4.4MEDIUM
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