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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2640 High

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2640

On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 6, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

83 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.14

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux

93 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

81 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

72 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

85 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

80 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.14

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx

39 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.14

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.14

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

60 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

90 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

85 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia

70 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

86 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15

62 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws-6.14

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

84 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

73 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS linux-bluefield

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS linux-fips

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS linux-realtime-6.14

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

86 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

84 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

74 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-6250-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2640

On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence