Description
atop through 2.11.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure and application exit) or possibly have unspecified other impact by running certain types of unprivileged processes while a different user runs atop.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
atop project atop
Default version status: unknown
0 to ≤ 2.11.0affected
References
- https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/ ↗
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485980 ↗
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057 ↗
- https://github.com/Atoptool/atop ↗
- https://blog.bismuth.sh/blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/29/1 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00013.html ↗