CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2020-29373
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.51%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6. It unsafely handles the root directory during path lookups, and thus a process inside a mount namespace can escape to unintended filesystem locations, aka CID-ff002b30181d.
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