CVE-2013-1958
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 24, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
Description
The scm_check_creds function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not properly enforce capability requirements for controlling the PID value associated with a UNIX domain socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the time interval during which a user namespace has been created but a PID namespace has not been created.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=92f28d973cce45ef5823209aab3138eb45d8b349
- [oss-security] 20130416 Re: Re: Summary of security bugs (now fixed) in user namespacesmailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92f28d973cce45ef5823209aab3138eb45d8b349
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