On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.
CVE-2023-2640
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-07-26. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2023-34106 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-38f7-vv5r-859m (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, other public proof-of-concept code)
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 61EG Risk 61/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity78% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation65% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized): a constant, not a probability.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 15%
- EPSS %ILE
- 96th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 15% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
July 26, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Oct 21, 2026GameOverlay Vulnerability Impacts 40% of Ubuntu Workloads | Wiz Blog
https://wiz.io/blog/ubuntu-overlayfs-vulnerabilityUSN-6250-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6250-1[SRU Kinetic, Lunar, OEM-6.1 2/3] Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs"
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2023-July/140923.htmlPatch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.177.162) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-headers-generic-hwe-22.04 (5.19.0.50.22) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-modules-6.0.0-1020-oem (6.0.0-1020.20) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oem-22.04c (6.1.0.1019.19) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1070 (5.15.0-1070.74) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1106.115~20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-gcp-headers-6.2.0-1010 (6.2.0-1010.10) @ lunar | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-azure-edge (5.15.0.1111.120~20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1100.98) @ jammy | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1104.110~20.04.1) @ focal | 2026-10-28 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(10)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- UbuntuUSN-6248-1HIGH
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6250-1HIGH
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6260-1HIGH
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6285-1HIGH
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8255-1HIGH
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8255-2HIGH
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8255-3HIGH
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8275-1HIGH
Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8297-1HIGH
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-8439-1HIGH
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-10-12 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-38f7-vv5r-859m · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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Publicly available exploits
(5 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 4 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Metasploitexploit/linux/local/gameoverlay_privesc✓ verifiedPublished Dec 18, 2024
GameOver(lay) Privilege Escalation and Container Escape
Open source ↗ - Open source ↗GitHub PoCmusorblyat/CVE-2023-2640-CVE-2023-32629Published Nov 2, 2023
- GitHub PoCg1vi/CVE-2023-2640-CVE-2023-32629Published Oct 9, 2023
GameOver(lay) Ubuntu Privilege Escalation
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCluanoliveira350/GameOverlayFSPublished Sep 17, 2023
GameoverlayFS (CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629) exploit in Shell Script tested on Ubuntu 20.04 Kernel 5.4.0
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCOllaPapito/gameoverlayPublished Aug 15, 2023
CVE-2023-2640 CVE-2023-32629
Open source ↗
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