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CVE-2023-1076
published 2023-03-27

CVE-2023-1076: A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While…

PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
0.26%
17.3th percentile
A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that capability. This would make tun/tap sockets being incorrectly treated in filtering/routing decisions, possibly bypassing network filters.

Affected

21 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
linuxlinux_kernel<= 6.4
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.178-15.10.178-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.191-15.10.191-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.20-16.1.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.52-16.1.52-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.20-16.1.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.4.11-16.4.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.20-16.1.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.4.11-16.4.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-152.1695.4.0-152.169
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-75.825.15.0-75.82
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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