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CVE-2011-1019

high

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-03-01

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00057