Upstream information
Description
The dev_load function in net/core/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows local users to bypass an intended CAP_SYS_MODULE capability requirement and load arbitrary modules by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 1.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
The problems within this security feature were resolved during the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 lifetime and were fixed before SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 shipment. Older products do not include this security feature. Newer products are not affected by this issue. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 674978 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-source | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:09:19 2013CVE page last modified: Thu Nov 14 16:21:17 2024