Description
An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6. It unsafely handles the root directory during path lookups, and thus a process inside a mount namespace can escape to unintended filesystem locations, aka CID-ff002b30181d.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2011Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff002b30181d30cdfbca316dadd099c3ca0d739cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2011Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff002b30181d30cdfbca316dadd099c3ca0d739cPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 28, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified