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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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1DescriptionNVD
The cp utility in uutils coreutils, when performing recursive copies (-R), incorrectly treats character and block device nodes as stream sources rather than preserving them. Because the implementation reads bytes into regular files at the destination instead of using mknod, device semantics are destroyed (e.g., /dev/null becomes a regular file). This behavior can lead to runtime denial of service through disk exhaustion or process hangs when reading from unbounded device nodes.
AnalysisAI
The cp utility in uutils coreutils versions before 0.7.0 incorrectly handles recursive copy operations (-R flag) by converting character and block device nodes into regular files instead of preserving them via mknod, destroying device semantics and enabling denial of service through disk exhaustion or process hangs when unbounded device nodes are copied.
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EUVD-2026-24998
GHSA-67hp-f6hq-2h6g