CVE-2009-0675

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-02-22
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The skfp_ioctl function in drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 permits SKFP_CLR_STATS requests only when the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability is absent, instead of when this capability is present, which allows local users to reset the driver statistics, related to an inverted logic issue.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01