kernel: nfsd should drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAPMKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the rootsquash option...

Design/Logic Flaw

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAPMKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the rootsquash option...

CVE-2007-0004

The CVE-2007-0004 entry concerns the Linux kernel NFS client (RHEL 3). When an NFS filesystem is mounted with noacl, the open system call permissions are checked using vfs_permission (mode bits) data instead of an NFS ACCESS query to the server. This can allow local client processes to receive a ...