HIGH 7.8 Microsoft

CVE-2021-3847

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.

Microsoft Security Update 2022-Apr: 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.

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Published: 2022-04-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-21
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2022-04-12 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.189.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.160.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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