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CVE-2025-8941
A flaw was found in linux-pam.
Impact
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.
Affected packages
This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14557
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15099
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15101
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15103
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15105
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15106
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16524
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17181
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220