490698 – (CVE-2013-4270) Kernel: net: permissions flaw in /proc/sys/net (CVE-2013-4270)

Bug 490698 (CVE-2013-4270) - Kernel: net: permissions flaw in /proc/sys/net (CVE-2013-4270)

Summary: Kernel: net: permissions flaw in /proc/sys/net (CVE-2013-4270)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2013-4270

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
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Reported:	2013-11-07 16:45 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2022-03-25 15:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2013-11-07 16:45:05 UTC

A flaw was found in the way net_ctl_permissions() function in the Linux kernel checked permissions.

As a result, an unprivileged local user could potentially use this flaw to access files in /proc/sys/net in a way that he would otherwise be unable to.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Miroslav Vadkerti of Red Hat.

Introduced by:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cff109768b2d9c03095848f4cd4b0754117262aa

Fixed by:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2433c8f094a008895e66f25bd1773cdb01c91d01

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2022-03-25 15:43:25 UTC

Fix in 3.11.5 onwards