CVE-2011-1019
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 1, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 14, 2011
Description
The dev_load function in net/core/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows local users to bypass an intended CAP_SYS_MODULE capability requirement and load arbitrary modules by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
- [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMINmailing-list
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