CVE-2022-47952
Publication date 1 January 2023
Last updated 28 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
lxc-user-nic in lxc through 5.0.1 is installed setuid root, and may allow local users to infer whether any file exists, even within a protected directory tree, because "Failed to open" often indicates that a file does not exist, whereas "does not refer to a network namespace path" often indicates that a file exists. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2018-6556 because the CVE-2018-6556 fix design was based on the premise that "we will report back to the user that the open() failed but the user has no way of knowing why it failed"; however, in many realistic cases, there are no plausible reasons for failing except that the file does not exist.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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| lxc | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Not affected
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 1:5.0.3-2ubuntu7.3+esm1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:5.0.0~git2209-g5a7b9ce67-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:4.0.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.1+esm1
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
3.3 · Low
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-8826-1
- LXC vulnerabilities
- 28 September 2026