If a privileged user within a jail is able to nullfs-mount directories, a limitation of the kernel's path lookup logic allows that user to escape the jail's chroot, yielding access to the full filesystem of the host or parent jail.
In a jail configured to allow nullfs(4) mounts from within the jail, the jailed root user can escape the jail's filesystem root.
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| Description | By default, jailed processes cannot mount filesystems, including nullfs(4). However, the allow.mount.nullfs option enables mounting nullfs filesystems, subject to privilege checks. If a privileged user within a jail is able to nullfs-mount directories, a limitation of the kernel's path lookup logic allows that user to escape the jail's chroot, yielding access to the full filesystem of the host or parent jail. In a jail configured to allow nullfs(4) mounts from within the jail, the jailed root user can escape the jail's filesystem root. | |
| Title | Jail escape by a privileged user via nullfs | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-10T18:59:55.413Z
Reserved: 2026-01-26T15:57:03.264Z
Link: CVE-2025-15547
Updated: 2026-03-10T18:58:43.372Z
Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-03-09T12:16:11.403
Modified: 2026-03-10T20:16:19.450
Link: CVE-2025-15547
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-03-10T14:07:28Z