Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-17056
Published: November 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22747
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17056
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the llcp_sock_create() function in net/nfc/llcp_sock.c in the AF_NFC network module for the Linux kernel does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW. A local unprivileged user can create a raw socket.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17056
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
- 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=3a359798b176183ef09efb7a3dc59abad1cc7104