oss-security - CVE request: kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET

Message-ID: <20110224235430.GT4212@outflux.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:54:30 -0800
From: Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMIN

Hi,

While not as bad as CVE-2010-4661 (unprivileged module loading)
I'd like to get a CVE assigned for this issue for tracking purposes:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/24/203

Basically "ifconfig $module" will load any module as long as the process
has CAP_NET_ADMIN (ignoring CAP_SYS_MODULE).

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team

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