Description
A flaw in the ChownExecutor used by uutils coreutils chown and chgrp causes the utilities to return an incorrect exit code during recursive operations. The final exit code is determined only by the last file processed. If the last operation succeeds, the command returns 0 even if earlier ownership or group changes failed due to permission errors. This can lead to security misconfigurations where administrative scripts incorrectly assume that ownership has been successfully transferred across a directory tree.
Problem types
CWE-253: Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
Product status
Any version before 0.6.0
Credits
Zellic
References
github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10035
github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0