CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1072

Published: Mar 25, 2009 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * *

References