CVE-2014-0181

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.14.1
openSUSE Evergreen: 11.4
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: 11-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 10-sp4, 11-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise: 11

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=139828832919748&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1959.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/16/3
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=90f62cf30a78721641e08737bda787552428061e
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.45
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.9

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