Description (CNA)
The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef