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Linux Linux — landlock: Don't lose track of restrictions on cred_transfer
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0030 22.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 385975dca53eb41031d0cbd1de318eb1bc5d6bb9 – —
Linux 5.13 – 5.15.165
TIMELINE
Jul 30 Reserved by Linux
Aug 17 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-42318 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
landlock: Don't lose track of restrictions on cred_transfer
When a process' cred struct is replaced, this _almost_ always invokes
the cred_prepare LSM hook; but in one special case (when
KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT updates the parent's credentials), the
cred_transfer LSM hook is used instead. Landlock only implements the
cred_prepare hook, not cred_transfer, so KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT causes
all information on Landlock restrictions to be lost.
This basically means that a process with the ability to use the fork()
and keyctl() syscalls can get rid of all Landlock restrictions on
itself.
Fix it by adding a cred_transfer hook that does the same thing as the
existing cred_prepare hook. (Implemented by having hook_cred_prepare()
call hook_cred_transfer() so that the two functions are less likely to
accidentally diverge in the future.)
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 30, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 17, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-42318 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 385975dca53eb41031d0cbd1de318eb1bc5d6bb9 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.13 | 5.15.165 |
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