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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-18367

libseccomp-golang 0.9.0 and earlier incorrectly generates BPFs that OR multiple arguments rather than ANDing them. A process running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall arguments could bypass intended access restrictions by specifying a single matching argument.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:57 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-18367

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2019, 21:29 UTC

libseccomp-golang 0.9.0 and earlier incorrectly generates BPFs that OR multiple arguments rather than ANDing them. A process running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall arguments could bypass intended access restrictions by specifying a single matching argument.

osv:CVE-2017-18367
Complete source record
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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4574-1/",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4087",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4090",
        "https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang/commit/06e7a29f36a34b8cf419aeb87b979ee508e58f9e",
        "https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang/issues/22"
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  "document_id": 380467,
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