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CVE-2008-1940

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-04-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

Affected Platforms

Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References