CVE-2011-1019

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1019
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-01 12:37:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
680360 – (CVE-2011-1019) CVE-2011-1019 kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMIN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMIN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
net: don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdev kernel modules · torvalds/linux@8909c9a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.osuosl.org Broken Link
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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