How many CVEs have patched nsexec?

2 published CVEs changed nsexec in opencontainers/runc, in 3 distinct patches totalling 13 changed lines, between 2017 and 2019.

What is the latest CVE that changed nsexec?

CVE-2019-5736, published 2019-02-11, changed lines 555 to 562 of libcontainer/nsenter/nsexec.c.

How does nsexec compare to the rest of opencontainers/runc?

opencontainers/runc has 16 CVEs with a located fix in total; 2 of them changed nsexec.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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nsexec in opencontainers/runc: Patched by 2 CVEs

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nsexec

Name: nsexec in opencontainers/runc: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

libcontainer/nsenter/nsexec.c

Last patched February 11, 2019

CVEs

That changed this function

Distinct patches

Backports counted once

Lines changed

Added plus removed

2017–2019

Years

By CVE publication date

Overview

nsexec in opencontainers/runc was changed by 2 published CVE fixes between 2017 and 2019, in 3 distinct patches that added or removed 13 lines in total.

opencontainers/runc has 16 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 13% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed nsexec, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

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CVE-2019-5736
CVE-2019-5736 · lines 555–562 · +8 −0
High · CVSS 8.6
EPSS 98.5%2019-02-11
Information Exposure in RunC
CVE-2016-9962 · lines 411–415 · +5 −0
Medium · CVSS 6.4
EPSS 0.4%2017-01-31

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Other functions in these files

Functions in the same file that CVE fixes also changed.

1join_namespaceslibcontainer/nsenter/nsexec.c1 CVEs · 1 patches2019

Other hotspots in the repository

Functions in opencontainers/runc changed by the most CVE fixes.

mountToRootfs6 CVEs · libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go mountCgroupV25 CVEs · libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go Init5 CVEs · libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go createDeviceNode4 CVEs · libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go mountCgroupV13 CVEs · libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go Close3 CVEs · libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to nsexec.

How many CVEs have patched nsexec?: 2 published CVEs changed nsexec in opencontainers/runc, in 3 distinct patches totalling 13 changed lines, between 2017 and 2019.
What is the latest CVE that changed nsexec?: CVE-2019-5736, published 2019-02-11, changed lines 555 to 562 of libcontainer/nsenter/nsexec.c.
How does nsexec compare to the rest of opencontainers/runc?: opencontainers/runc has 16 CVEs with a located fix in total; 2 of them changed nsexec.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

libcontainer/nsenter/nsexec.c on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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