Bug 1950506 (CVE-2021-3493) - CVE-2021-3493 kernel: overlayfs file system caps privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2021-3493 kernel: overlayfs file system caps privilege escalation
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-3493
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1950507
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Reported: 2021-04-16 18:37 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-05-03 06:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-04-28 07:18:25 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-04-16 18:37:24 UTC 
An independent security researcher reported  that the overlayfs stacking file system within the Linux kernel as used within Ubuntu did not properly validate the application of file capabilities against user namespaces.

This issue is not relevant to Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernels, as Ubuntu carries a patch to enable unprivileged overlayfs mounts. The combination of that patch and allowing unprivileged user namespaces by default in Ubuntu allows an unprivileged attacker to gain elevated privileges.
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/1
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