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CVE-2020-16120

Publication date 13 October 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.4 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Giuseppe Scrivano discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permission checks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to bypass intended restrictions and gain read access to restricted files.

Read the notes from the security team

Mitigation

disable unprivileged user namespaces if not needed via sudo sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0 do this permanently by adding kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone = 0 to /etc/sysctl.d/99-userns.conf

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-51.56
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-121.123
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-allwinner 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-allwinner-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.91
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1085.90~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.32
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1098.109~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-azure-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1099.110
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-dell300x 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.98~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.98
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1072.76
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1049.50
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1038.40
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1027.28~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1003.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-68.63
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-120.122~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-51.56~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1026.27
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1077.79
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-laptop 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-nvidia 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1099.109
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.6.0-1031.32
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1069.75
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1057.62
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1056.61~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.24
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.24~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1073.78
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1035.37
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-36.41
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1089.98
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-starfive-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

sbeattie

this issue most likely only has an impact on Ubuntu systems as it is dependent on both unprivileged user namespaces being enabled as well as a non-upstream patch that allows overlayfs mounts in user namespaces. the backport of this issue introduced a regression, LP: #1900141

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.4 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4576-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2020
    • USN-4577-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2020
    • USN-4578-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2020
    • LSN-0072-1
    • Kernel Live Patch Security Notice
    • 14 October 2020

Other references