CVE-2008-3525

Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability before processing a (1) SIOCDEVRESINSTATS, (2) SIOCDEVSHWSTATE, (3) SIOCDEVENSLAVE, or (4) SIOCDEVEMANSIPATE ioctl request, which allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions.

References (33)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2455eb176ac87081bbfc9a44b21c7cd2bc1967e

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020969

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/29/2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5671

... and 13 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Sep 03, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026