AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
62.1%
SSVC
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality of the Linux kernel verified the supplied parameters length. An unprivileged (in case of unprivileged user namespaces enabled, otherwise needs namespaced CAP_SYS_ADMIN privilege) local user able to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API (and thus fallbacks to legacy handling) could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
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"product": "linux_kernel",
"versions": [
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"version": "8.4"
}
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"defaultStatus": "unknown"
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