USN-7578-2: UDisks vulnerability

Publication date

18 June 2025

Overview

UDisks could be made to run programs as an administrator.


Packages

  • udisks2 - service to access and manipulate storage devices

Details

USN-7578-1 fixed a vulnerability in UDisks. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that UDisks incorrectly handled mount options when
resizing certain filesystems. A local attacker with an active session on
the console can use this issue to escalate their privileges to root.

USN-7578-1 fixed a vulnerability in UDisks. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that UDisks incorrectly handled mount options when
resizing certain filesystems. A local attacker with an active session on
the console can use this issue to escalate their privileges to root.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to 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
20.04 focal libudisks2-0 –  2.8.4-1ubuntu2+esm1  
udisks2 –  2.8.4-1ubuntu2+esm1  
18.04 bionic libudisks2-0 –  2.7.6-3ubuntu0.2+esm1  
udisks2 –  2.7.6-3ubuntu0.2+esm1  

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