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CVE-2021-20263

Published: 3/9/2021 Last updated: 8/3/2024 Reserved: 12/17/2020

A flaw was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon (virtiofsd) of QEMU. The new 'xattrmap' option may cause the 'security.capability' xattr in the guest to not drop on file write, potentially leading to a modified, privileged executable in the guest. In rare circumstances, this flaw could be used by a malicious user to elevate their privileges within the guest.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (2)

conf-qemu-img nbd-tool

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
QEMU n/a <= 6.1.*

References (8)