CVE-2009-1072

Description

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-16

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34422