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16CVEs
CVE-2015-5224
The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
Published 2017-08-23 · Modified
9.8EPSS 0.045
CVE-2014-9114
Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
Published 2017-03-31 · Modified
7.8EPSS 0.006
CVE-2018-7738
In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user, as demonstrated by logging in as root and entering umount followed by a tab character for autocompletion.
Published 2018-03-06 · Modified
7.8EPSS 0.004
CVE-2007-5191
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.
Published 2007-10-04 · Modified
7.2EPSS 0.004
CVE-2026-13595
Util-linux: util-linux: heap use-after-free in libblkid nested partition probing
Published 2026-06-29 · Analyzed
6.8EPSS 0.002
CVE-2020-21583
An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.
Published 2023-08-22 · Modified
6.7EPSS 0.005
CVE-2021-37600
An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.
Published 2021-07-28 · Modified
5.5EPSS 0.007
CVE-2021-3996
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows a local user on a vulnerable system to unmount other users' filesystems that are either world-writable themselves (like /tmp) or mounted in a world-writable directory. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a denial of service to applications that use the affected filesystems.
Published 2022-08-23 · Modified
5.5EPSS 0.006
CVE-2021-3995
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker to unmount FUSE filesystems that belong to certain other users who have a UID that is a prefix of the UID of the attacker in its string form. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a denial of service to applications that use the affected filesystems.
Published 2022-08-23 · Modified
5.5EPSS 0.006
CVE-2001-1494
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.
Published 2005-06-21 · Modified
5.5EPSS 0.004
CVE-2022-0563
A flaw was found in the util-linux chfn and chsh utilities when compiled with Readline support. The Readline library uses an "INPUTRC" environment variable to get a path to the library config file. When the library cannot parse the specified file, it prints an error message containing data from the file. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to read root-owned files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This flaw affects util-linux versions prior to 2.37.4.
Published 2022-02-21 · Modified
5.5EPSS 0.004
CVE-2026-3184
Util-linux: util-linux: access control bypass due to improper hostname canonicalization
Published 2026-04-03 · Analyzed
5.3EPSS 0.004
CVE-2016-5011
The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.
Published 2017-04-11 · Modified
4.9EPSS 0.005
CVE-2026-27456
util-linux: TOCTOU Race Condition in util-linux mount(8) - Loop Device Setup
Published 2026-04-03 · Analyzed
4.7EPSS 0.001
CVE-2024-28085
wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.
Published 2024-03-27 · Modified
3.3EPSS 0.022
CVE-2015-5218
Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.
Published 2015-11-09 · Modified
2.1EPSS 0.006