CVE-2011-1019 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

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.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Linux_kernel	Linux	*	2.6.38 (excluding)
MRG for RHEL-5	RedHat	kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.9-rt31.64.el5rt	*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	RedHat	kernel-0:2.6.32-71.29.1.el6	*
Linux	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux	Ubuntu	natty	*
Linux	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-fsl-imx51	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-lts-backport-maverick	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-lts-backport-maverick	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-lts-backport-natty	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	karmic	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-source-2.6.15	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-ti-omap4	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux-ti-omap4	Ubuntu	natty	*
Linux-ti-omap4	Ubuntu	upstream	*

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1019
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html