USN-7374-1: containerd vulnerability

Publication date

26 March 2025

Overview

containerd could be made to behave unexpectedly.


Packages

Details

Benjamin Koltermann discovered that containerd incorrectly handled large
user id values. This could result in containers possibly being run as root,
contrary to expectations.

Benjamin Koltermann discovered that containerd incorrectly handled large
user id values. This could result in containers possibly being run as root,
contrary to expectations.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular containerd –  2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1.1
24.04 noble containerd –  1.7.24-0ubuntu1~24.04.2
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev –  1.6.24~ds1-1ubuntu1.2+esm1  
22.04 jammy containerd –  1.7.24-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev –  1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.8
20.04 focal containerd –  1.7.24-0ubuntu1~20.04.2
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev –  1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8
18.04 bionic containerd –  1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm2  
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev –  1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm2  
16.04 xenial containerd –  1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm5  
golang-github-docker-containerd-dev –  1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm5  

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