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CVE-2023-1076

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CVE-2023-1076

Published: Mar 27, 2023

Modified: Feb 24, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that capability. This would make tun/tap sockets being incorrectly treated in filtering/routing decisions, possibly bypassing network filters.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Linux kernel

affected
unknown

Weaknesses (CWE)

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