CVE-2013-4300

The scm_check_creds function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11 performs a capability check in an incorrect namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges via PID spoofing.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-09-25

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004736
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.11.bz2