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CVE-2025-6019 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/17/5 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/17/6 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/18/1 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10796 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9320 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9321 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9322 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9323 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9324 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9325 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9326 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9327 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9328 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9878 Red Hat, Inc.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6019 Red Hat, Inc.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370051 Red Hat, Inc.
https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt Red Hat, Inc.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00018.html CVE
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44325861 CVE
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/new-linux-udisks-flaw-lets-attackers-get-root-on-major-linux-distros/ CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Red Hat, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-6019
NVD Published Date:
06/19/2025
NVD Last Modified:
07/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.