CVE-2011-1019 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.38)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005499
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Mar 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2013

CVE-2011-1019  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.38 or higher.

Overview

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1