Summary
The overlayfs stacking file system in Linux kernel does not properly validate the application of file capabilities against user namespaces, which could lead to privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Oct 20, 2022
- Remediation due
- Nov 10, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- EPSS
- 49.2% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References