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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6019

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6019 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allow_active" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allow_active" user on a system may be able escalate to full root privileges on the target host. Normally, udisks mounts user-provided filesystem images with security flags like nosuid and nodev to prevent privilege escalation. However, a local attacker can create a specially crafted XFS image containing a SUID-root shell, then trick udisks into resizing it. This mounts their malicious filesystem with root privileges, allowing them to execute their SUID-root shell and gain complete control of the system.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13libblockdev0, 0
Debian:11libblockdev2.25-2, 0, 0
Debian:12libblockdev2.28-2, 0, 0
Debian:14libblockdev0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 19, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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