CVE-2024-23301 Information

Description

Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.

Reference

https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122 https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123