Description

A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths, allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root. This CVE provides a "complete" fix for CVE-2025-6020.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-13T14:42:37.570Z

Last Modified :

2025-08-14T03:56:00.871Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8941 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
REFERENCES

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URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8941 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388220 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8941 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8941 cve-icon
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