Information Exposure Affecting kernel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KERNEL-9889208
- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed13 Oct 2020
Introduced: 13 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-16120 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 kernel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Overlayfs did not properly perform permission checking when copying up files in an overlayfs and could be exploited from within a user namespace, if, for example, unprivileged user namespaces were allowed. It was possible to have a file not readable by an unprivileged user to be copied to a mountpoint controlled by the user, like a removable device. This was introduced in kernel version 4.19 by commit d1d04ef ("ovl: stack file ops"). This was fixed in kernel version 5.8 by commits 56230d9 ("ovl: verify permissions in ovl_path_open()"), 48bd024 ("ovl: switch to mounter creds in readdir") and 05acefb ("ovl: check permission to open real file"). Additionally, commits 130fdbc ("ovl: pass correct flags for opening real directory") and 292f902 ("ovl: call secutiry hook in ovl_real_ioctl()") in kernel 5.8 might also be desired or necessary. These additional commits introduced a regression in overlay mounts within user namespaces which prevented access to files with ownership outside of the user namespace. This regression was mitigated by subsequent commit b6650da ("ovl: do not fail because of O_NOATIMEi") in kernel 5.11.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886387
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16120
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/05acefb4872dae89e772729efb194af754c877e8
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/48bd024b8a40d73ad6b086de2615738da0c7004f
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/56230d956739b9cb1cbde439d76227d77979a04d
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/b6650dab404c701d7fe08a108b746542a934da84
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/d1d04ef8572bc8c22265057bd3d5a79f223f8f52
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1894980
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1900141
- https://ubuntu.com/USN-4576-1
- https://ubuntu.com/USN-4577-1
- https://ubuntu.com/USN-4578-1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/2