The scm_check_creds function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not properly enforce capability requirements for controlling the PID value associated with a UNIX domain socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the time interval during which a user namespace has been created but a PID namespace has not been created.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-04-24T19:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.297Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-1958

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-24T19:55:01.063

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:42:35.057

Link: CVE-2013-1958

cve-icon Redhat

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