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CVE-2023-32629

high

Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu Kernels overlayfs ovl_copy_up_meta_inode_data skip permission checks when calling ovl_do_setxattr on Ubuntu kernels

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6250-1

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32629

https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/cisa-warns-of-active-exploitation-of.html

https://wiz.io/blog/ubuntu-overlayfs-vulnerability

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2023-July/140920.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174577/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0097-1.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-26

Updated: 2023-09-11

Named Vulnerability: GameOverlayNamed Vulnerability: GameOver(lay)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.58268