CVE-2011-1019

Published: Mar 1, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

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[oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMIN

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CVE-2011-1019

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