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CVE-2019-19241

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e44

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Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/io_uring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to the loopback interface. This occurs because IORING_OP_SENDMSG operations, although requested in the context of an unprivileged user, are sometimes performed by a kernel worker thread without considering that context.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-47779

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 7

cdn.kernel.org

bugs.chromium.org

git.kernel.org

security.netapp.com

usn.ubuntu.com

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