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Tracker / CVE-2021-3847

CVE-2021-3847

High 7.8

An unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with capabilities flaw in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way user copying a capable file from a nosuid mount into another mount. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products and versions

fedoraproject fedora
linux linux_kernel · … → 5.17.0

Analysis

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