Description
Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; and Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Kata Containers Kata Containers
1.11 to < 1.11.1affected1.10 to < 1.10.5affected1 to ≤ 1.9affected
References
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2488 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/issues/791 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1 ↗
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5 ↗