CVE-2020-16120

Overlayfs did not properly perform permission checking when copying up files in an overlayfs and could be exploited from within a user namespace, if, for example, unprivileged user namespaces were allowed. It was possible to have a file not readable by an unprivileged user to be copied to a mountpoint controlled by the user, like a removable device. This was introduced in kernel version 4.19 by commit d1d04ef ("ovl: stack file ops"). This was fixed in kernel version 5.8 by commits 56230d9 ("ovl: verify permissions in ovl_path_open()"), 48bd024 ("ovl: switch to mounter creds in readdir") and 05acefb ("ovl: check permission to open real file"). Additionally, commits 130fdbc ("ovl: pass correct flags for opening real directory") and 292f902 ("ovl: call secutiry hook in ovl_real_ioctl()") in kernel 5.8 might also be desired or necessary. These additional commits introduced a regression in overlay mounts within user namespaces which prevented access to files with ownership outside of the user namespace. This regression was mitigated by subsequent commit b6650da ("ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIMEi") in kernel 5.11.
References
Link Resource
https://git.kernel.org/linus/05acefb4872dae89e772729efb194af754c877e8 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/48bd024b8a40d73ad6b086de2615738da0c7004f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/56230d956739b9cb1cbde439d76227d77979a04d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/b6650dab404c701d7fe08a108b746542a934da84 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/d1d04ef8572bc8c22265057bd3d5a79f223f8f52 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1894980 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900141 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4576-1 Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4577-1 Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4578-1 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/05acefb4872dae89e772729efb194af754c877e8 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/48bd024b8a40d73ad6b086de2615738da0c7004f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/56230d956739b9cb1cbde439d76227d77979a04d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/b6650dab404c701d7fe08a108b746542a934da84 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/d1d04ef8572bc8c22265057bd3d5a79f223f8f52 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1894980 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900141 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4576-1 Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4577-1 Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/USN-4578-1 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:06

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 2.1
v3 : 4.4
v2 : 2.1
v3 : 5.1
References () https://git.kernel.org/linus/05acefb4872dae89e772729efb194af754c877e8 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/linus/05acefb4872dae89e772729efb194af754c877e8 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/linus/48bd024b8a40d73ad6b086de2615738da0c7004f - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/linus/48bd024b8a40d73ad6b086de2615738da0c7004f - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/linus/56230d956739b9cb1cbde439d76227d77979a04d - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/linus/56230d956739b9cb1cbde439d76227d77979a04d - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/linus/b6650dab404c701d7fe08a108b746542a934da84 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/linus/b6650dab404c701d7fe08a108b746542a934da84 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.kernel.org/linus/d1d04ef8572bc8c22265057bd3d5a79f223f8f52 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.kernel.org/linus/d1d04ef8572bc8c22265057bd3d5a79f223f8f52 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1894980 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1894980 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900141 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900141 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4576-1 - Third Party Advisory () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4576-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4577-1 - Third Party Advisory () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4577-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4578-1 - Third Party Advisory () https://ubuntu.com/USN-4578-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-02-10 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:06


NVD link : CVE-2020-16120

Mitre link : CVE-2020-16120

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-16120


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-266

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

NVD-CWE-Other