CVE-2009-0675

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.28.5; 2.6, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4 (+302)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c25b9abbc2c2c0da88e180c3933d6e773245815a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/01/28/90
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/20/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
http://secunia.com/advisories/33938
http://secunia.com/advisories/34394
http://secunia.com/advisories/34502
http://secunia.com/advisories/34680
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394

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