Security Advisory

CVE-2021-3847

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-04-01 22:17:29
Last updated 2024-08-03 17:09:09
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

An unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with capabilities flaw in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way user copying a capable file from a nosuid mount into another mount. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.