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  1. OpenVZ
  2. OVZ-6296

CVE-2015-2925 affects EL6-based openvz kernel with simfs-based containers

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Fix Version/s: OpenVZ-legacy
    • Component/s: Containers::Kernel
    • Security Level: Public
    • Environment:
      Operating System: RHEL/CentOS 6
      Platform: All

      Description

      IRC nick TheJH reported in the #openvz IRC channel on June 10th... that CVE-2015-2925 affects the EL6-based OpenVZ kernel with simfs-based containers... and that it is trival to modify files on the host system (thinks like /etc/shadow). Red Hat doesn't seem interested in fixing this bug as seen here:

      https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2925

      They say it affects their EL6 and EL7 kernels and that.. "Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue."

      I'm guessing it is going to take OpenVZ intervention to get this bug fixed in the OpenVZ kernel.

      Luckily all of my containers are using ploop-based storage which, so far as we know, are not affected by this bug.

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            Assignee:
            vvs Vasily Averin
            Reporter:
            dowdle@montanalinux.org Scott Dowdle
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