Description
The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef ↗