Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1