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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2025-15547

Jail escape by a privileged user via nullfs

Description

By default, jailed processes cannot mount filesystems, including nullfs(4). However, the allow.mount.nullfs option enables mounting nullfs filesystems, subject to privilege checks. If a privileged user within a jail is able to nullfs-mount directories, a limitation of the kernel's path lookup logic allows that user to escape the jail's chroot, yielding access to the full filesystem of the host or parent jail. In a jail configured to allow nullfs(4) mounts from within the jail, the jailed root user can escape the jail's filesystem root.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

FreeBSD FreeBSD

Default version status: unknown

  • 14.3-RELEASE to < p8affected
  • 13.5-RELEASE to < p9affected

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