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CVE-2009-1072

Description

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD 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 root_squash option.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
ubuntu 08.04 linux 2.6.24-24.55
ubuntu 08.10 linux 2.6.27-14.35
ubuntu 09.04 linux 2.6.28-13.45
ubuntu upstream linux any
ubuntu upstream linux-source-2.6.15 any
ubuntu 07.10 linux-source-2.6.22 any
ubuntu upstream linux-source-2.6.22 any

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