CVE-2020-29373

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 28, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-29373: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix