Security Advisory

CVE-2025-8941

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-08-13 14:42:37

Last updated 2026-02-26 17:48:41

Assigner redhat

State PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.

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