CVE-2017-5985
Low
CVE-2017-5985
lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
March 14, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
55 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-5985
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lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9
- https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.html