GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-p4rx-7wvg-fwrc CRI-O's pods can break out of resource confinement on cgroupv2
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-6476
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Reviewed
- 2024-01-10
Affected packages
• Go github.com/cri-o/cri-o: >= 1.29.0, < 1.29.1 → fixed in 1.29.1
• Go github.com/cri-o/cri-o: >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.3 → fixed in 1.28.3
• Go github.com/cri-o/cri-o: < 1.27.3 → fixed in 1.27.3
Description
Impact
_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_
All versions of CRI-O running on cgroupv2 nodes.
Unchecked access to an experimental annotation allows a container to be unconfined. Back in 2021, support was added to support an experimental annotation that allows a user to request special resources in cgroupv2. It was supposed to be gated by an experimental annotation: `io.kubernetes.cri-o.UnifiedCgroup`, which was supposed to be filtered from the list of allowed annotations . However, there is a bug in this code which allows any user to specify this annotation, regardless of whether it's enabled on the node. The consequences of this are a pod can specify any amount of memory/cpu and get it, circumventing the kubernetes scheduler, and potentially be able to DOS a node.
Patches
_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_
1.29.1, 1.28.3, 1.27.3
Workarounds
_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_
use cgroupv1
References
_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-6476 A flaw was found in CRI-O that involves an experimental annotation leading to a container being unconfined. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-p4rx-7wvg-fwrc web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6476 advisory
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pull/4479 web
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/commit/75effcb1a25851a736e82dba1f7d8cee93ee159e web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0195 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0207 web
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6476 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253994 web
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o package
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/pkg/config/workloads.go#L103-L107 web