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CVE ID:CVE-2018-18955
Description:In the Linux kernel 4.15.x through 4.19.x before 4.19.2, map_write() in kernel/user_namespace.c allows privilege escalation because it mishandles nested user namespaces with more than 5 UID or GID ranges. A user who has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in an affected user namespace can bypass access controls on resources outside the namespace, as demonstrated by reading /etc/shadow. This occurs because an ID transformation takes place properly for the namespaced-to-kernel direction but not for the kernel-to-namespaced direction.
Test IDs: None available
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-18955
BugTraq ID: 105941
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105941
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45886/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45915/
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d2f007dbe7e4c9583eea6eb04d60001e85c6f1bd
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1712
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.19
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d2f007dbe7e4c9583eea6eb04d60001e85c6f1bd
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3833-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-2/




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