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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4194

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4194 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP functionality. This issue could allow a local user to bypass network filters and gain unauthorized access to some resources. The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect or incomplete. The problem is that the following upstream commits - a096ccca6e50 ("tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), - 66b2c338adce ("tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), pass "inode->i_uid" to sock_init_data_uid() as the last parameter and that turns out to not be accurate.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
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:12linux6.1.38-4~bpo11+1, 6.1.27-1, 6.1.38-1
Debian:11linux*, 5.10.103-1, 5.10.92-2
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 7, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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