Advisories for Golang/Github.com/Talos-Systems/Talos package

2022

Talos vulnerable dependency due to race condition in Linux kernel's IP framework XFRM

Impact A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) when multiple calls to xfrm_probe_algs occurred simultaneously. This flaw could allow a local attacker to potentially trigger an out-of-bounds write or leak kernel heap memory by performing an out-of-bounds read and copying it into a socket. Patches The fix has been backported to 5.15.64 version of the upstream Linux kernel (5.15 is the …

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Talos Linux is a Linux distribution built for Kubernetes deployments. Talos worker nodes use a join token to get accepted into the Talos cluster. Due to improper validation of the request while signing a worker node CSR (certificate signing request) Talos control plane node might issue Talos API certificate which allows full access to Talos API on a control plane node. Accessing Talos API with full level access on a …