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CVE-2025-8941

Linux-pam: incomplete fix for cve-2025-6020 PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Not supplied / Not suppliedunaffected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Supportunaffected 0:1.1.8-23.el7_9.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:1.3.1-38.el8_10 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-8.el8_2.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:1.3.1-14.el8_4.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.3.1-16.el8_6.3 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.3.1-26.el8_8.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:1.5.1-26.el9_6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.5.1-9.el9_0.3 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:1.5.1-15.el9_2.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:1.5.1-24.el9_4.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9unaffected 1.11-19 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9unaffected 1.11-8 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Web Terminal 1.12 on RHEL 9unaffected 1.12-4 before *
Red Hat / cert-manager operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.16unaffected sha256:330e8b5ab4841a21f8f5f23cc7fb192197872f11639b12bf4b1e70831f636323 before *
Red Hat / Compliance Operator 1unaffected sha256:c953e9f9abf9cf25bf65bb3ffdc86ccf49b3e69a1cf3fbb47b6972e421fd6628 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2unaffected sha256:c85cfbcaf7888885e57596b7b8bde3894718cfc33326499b24961a66a62cf083 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5unaffected sha256:4ca38b33efec0d2dd17a8fd822a7c18281810676ceabb0c1db90953cb91cd5ea before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1unaffected sha256:24722900db1425bf0c27f6ad6f3fb7d79ff9ebc433bdab58423fa71bab76122b before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1unaffected sha256:f5e1602d72177d77f1b879c76e6f6cfbc2979c136c06ca9f03ea97ffb369b7a6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1unaffected sha256:cead623ceda4048cabaa81c371ed2a8143f5c5514276fca1d71685bd9e6d1e65 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.1unaffected sha256:59fb1f7f1653361d94f7d48b42d8fe19ed3263c1c78654837c11f2135544c1ac before *

CWE

CWE-22

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.