CVE-2011-1019

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/03/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.90

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		2.6.38 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b