Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24659Privilege Escalation
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The kernel contains privilege escalation. A flaw in dev_load() could allow a local user who has the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to load arbitrary modules from “/lib/modules/”, instead of only netdev modules.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Technical_Notes/ape.html#RHSA-2011-0498
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0498
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
Related
1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N