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Re: CVE request: kernel: skfp_ioctl inverted logic flaw
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:19:09 -0500 (EST)
====================================================== Name: CVE-2009-0675 Status: Candidate URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0675 Reference: MLIST:[netdev] 20090128 [PATCH] drivers/net/skfp: if !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN): inverted logic Reference: URL:http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/01/28/90 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090220 CVE request: kernel: skfp_ioctl inverted logic flaw Reference: URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/20/2 Reference: CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c25b9abbc2c2c0da88e180c3933d6e773245815a Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.6 Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486534 Reference: SECUNIA:33938 Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33938 The skfp_ioctl function in drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 permits SKFP_CLR_STATS requests only when the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability is absent, instead of when this capability is present, which allows local users to reset the driver statistics, related to an "inverted logic" issue.
Current thread:
- CVE request: kernel: skfp_ioctl inverted logic flaw Eugene Teo (Feb 19)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: skfp_ioctl inverted logic flaw Steven M. Christey (Feb 22)