# CVE-2019-17053: ieee802154\_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF\_IEEE802154 network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAP\_NET\_

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-01 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ieee802154_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-e69dbd4619e7.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0edc3f703f7bcaf550774b5d43ab727bcd0fe06b
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e69dbd4619e7674c1679cba49afd9dd9ac347eef
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6JNEWGIK7QA24OIUUL67QZNJN52NB7T/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4184-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html

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