A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that capability. This would make tun/tap sockets being incorrectly treated in filtering/routing decisions, possibly bypassing network filters.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2023-03-27T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.361Z
Reserved: 2023-02-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2023-1076
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-03-27T21:15:10.423
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:24.790
Link: CVE-2023-1076
Redhat