libvirt: Unintended access to /dev/mapper/control

Background libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines. Description A file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control was insufficiently protected. Impact A local attacker may be able to escalate to root privileges. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution All libvirt...

GLSA-202101-22 : libvirt: Unintended access to /dev/mapper/control

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-22 libvirt: Unintended access to /dev/mapper/control A file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control was insufficiently protected. Impact : A local attacker may be able to escalate to root privileges. Workaround : There is no kno...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14339

A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control into the QEMU process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of...

libvirt: leak of /dev/mapper/control into QEMU guests

A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control into the QEMU process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of...