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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1076

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1076 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.113-1, 5.10.92-2, *
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 27, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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