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Unscored USN-7851-2 0 CVEs

runc-app, runc-stable regression

Published Nov 24, 2025 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-7851-1 fixed vulnerabilities in runC. The introduction of a new
upstream release has caused regressions in runc-app and runc-stable.
This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Lei Wang and Li Fubang discovered that runC incorrectly handled masked
paths. An attacker could possibly replace a container's /dev/null
with a symlink to some other procfs file and possibly escape a container.
(CVE-2025-31133)

Lei Wang and Li Fubang discovered that runC incorrectly handled the
/dev/console bind-mounts. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue
to build-mount a symlink and escape a container. (CVE-2025-52565)

Li Fubang and Tõnis Tiigi discovered that the fix for CVE-2019-16884 was
incomplete. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or escape the container. (CVE-2025-52881)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS runc-app 1.3.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS runc-app 1.3.3-0ubuntu1~24.04.3
Ubuntu · 25.10 runc-app 1.3.3-0ubuntu1~25.10.3
Ubuntu · 25.10 runc-stable 1.3.3-0ubuntu1~25.10.3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2130744