Description
On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.
Published: 2023-07-26
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 91.0% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

If not needed, disable the ability for unprivileged users to create namespaces. To do this temporarily, do: sudo sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0 To disable across reboots, do: echo kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=0 | \ sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-disable-unpriv-userns.conf

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6248-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6250-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6260-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6285-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.91874}

epss

{'score': 0.92037}


Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical ubantu Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubantu_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical ubantu Kernel
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Canonical Ubantu Kernel Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-23T14:59:17.779Z

Reserved: 2023-05-10T21:23:35.226Z

Link: CVE-2023-2640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.894Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-26T02:15:09.300

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:59.060

Link: CVE-2023-2640

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2640 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses