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CVE-2013-1858

The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONE_NEWUSER and CLONE_FS flags, which all…

Impact

The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONE_NEWUSER and CLONE_FS flags, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child process.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.8.2
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4

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