CVE-2011-1019

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.

CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-03-01 04:37

Updated : 2023-02-12 19:23

NVD link : CVE-2011-1019

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1019

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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