The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16 allows local users to create files with an unintended group own

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• canonical ubuntu linux14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux18.04
• debian debian linux8.0
• debian debian linux9.0
• f5 big-ip access policy manager14.0.0 and later · before 14.1.3.1
• f5 big-ip access policy manager15.0.0 and later · before 15.0.1.4
• f5 big-ip access policy manager13.0.0 and later · before 13.1.3.5
• f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0
• f5 big-ip access policy manager16.0.0
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager13.0.0 and later · before 13.1.3.5
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.0.0 and later · before 15.0.1.4
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager14.0.0 and later · before 14.1.3.1
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.1.0
• f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager16.0.0
• f5 big-ip analytics14.0.0 and later · before 14.1.3.1
• f5 big-ip analytics13.0.0 and later · before 13.1.3.5
• f5 big-ip analytics15.0.0 and later · before 15.0.1.4
• f5 big-ip analytics15.1.0
• f5 big-ip analytics16.0.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
  89Now
• CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
  85Now
• CVE-2016-5195Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect haKEV
  83Now
• CVE-2019-13272In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to creKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-6282The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addKEV
  77This week
• CVE-2013-2094The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows loKEV
  77This week

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1kind: ClusterRole2rules:3  - apiGroups: ["*"]4    resources: ["*"]5    verbs: ["*"]

1kind: Role2metadata:3  namespace: lodos-system4rules:5  - apiGroups: ["apps"]6    resources: ["deployments"]7    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.