878385 – (CVE-2022-42919) <dev-lang/python-{3.9.15,3.10.8}_p1 <dev-python/pypy3-7.3.9_p7: local privilege escalation via the multiprocessing forkserver start method

Bug 878385 (CVE-2022-42919) - <dev-lang/python-{3.9.15,3.10.8}_p1 <dev-python/pypy3-7.3.9_p7: local privilege escalation via the multiprocessing forkserver start method

Summary: <dev-lang/python-{3.9.15,3.10.8}_p1 <dev-python/pypy3-7.3.9_p7: local privile...

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Alias:	CVE-2022-42919

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/python/cpython/iss...
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa]
Keywords:

Depends on:	878379 878381 878383 878643
Blocks:
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Reported:	2022-10-26 15:59 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2022-11-19 01:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Michał Górny archtester

2022-10-26 15:59:04 UTC

I don't see a CVE or even a proper bugref but it's listed in 'Security' category of news.


commit 49f61068f49747164988ffc5a442d2a63874fc17
Author:     Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-10-21 00:30:09 +0200
Commit:     GitHub <noreply@github.com>
CommitDate: 2022-10-21 00:30:09 +0200

    gh-97514: Don't use Linux abstract sockets for multiprocessing (#98501)
    
    Linux abstract sockets are insecure as they lack any form of filesystem
    permissions so their use allows anyone on the system to inject code into
    the process.
    
    This removes the default preference for abstract sockets in
    multiprocessing introduced in Python 3.9+ via
    https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18866 while fixing
    https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/84031.
    
    Explicit use of an abstract socket by a user now generates a
    RuntimeWarning.  If we choose to keep this warning, it should be
    backported to the 3.7 and 3.8 branches.

Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester

2022-10-29 06:01:31 UTC

cleanup done

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2022-10-29 06:03:23 UTC

Hmm, pypy3 is also affected.

Comment 3 John Helmert III archtester

2022-10-31 03:01:11 UTC

Please cleanup.

Very hard to call this a root privilege escalation without anything apparent to exploit, leaving at 3.

Comment 4 Michał Górny archtester

2022-10-31 13:56:12 UTC

pypy3 cleanup done too.

Comment 5 John Helmert III archtester

2022-11-19 01:15:58 UTC

GLSA requested