Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
copy_file_range insufficient capability rights check
CVE-2023-5369
Description
Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively. Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability.
This incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.
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