CVE-2011-1019

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: yes
Published: 2013-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The dev_load function in net/core/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows local users to bypass an intended CAP_SYS_MODULE capability requirement and load arbitrary modules by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 2.6.38 — fixed in 2.6.38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680360
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8909c9ad8ff03611c9c96c9a92656213e4bb495b

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