CVE-2023-2640

Name	CVE-2023-2640
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.218-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.221-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.94-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.99-1	fixed
	trixie	6.9.10-1	fixed
	sid	6.9.11-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- linux <not-affected> (Ubuntu-specific issue)