CVE-2025-31160 Affecting atop package, versions <2.11.1-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published9 Apr 2025
- disclosed26 Mar 2025
Introduced: 26 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2025-31160 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.21 atop to version 2.11.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream atop package and not the atop package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.
atop through 2.11.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure and application exit) or possibly have unspecified other impact by running certain types of unprivileged processes while a different user runs atop.
References
- https://github.com/Atoptool/atop
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485980
- https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/29/1
- https://blog.bismuth.sh/blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00013.html