CVE-2009-1072
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.
Products: linux_kernel, opensuse, suse linux_enterprise_desktop, suse linux_enterprise_server, debian_linux, canonical ubuntu_linux, vmware vcenter_server, vmware virtualcenter, vmware server, vmware esx, vmware vma
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | linux-2.6 | 2.6.26-15lenny2 |
| Debian 5.0 | user-mode-linux | 2.6.26-1um-2+15lenny2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-devel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-doc | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-hugemem | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-hugemem-devel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-largesmp | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-largesmp-devel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-smp | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-smp-devel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-xenU | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-xenU-devel | 0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE-devel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-devel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-doc | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-headers | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen-devel | 0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-debug | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-debuginfo | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-debuginfo-common | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-devel | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-doc | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-trace | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-trace-devel | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-vanilla | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 1 | kernel-rt-vanilla-devel | 0:2.6.24.7-117.el5rt |