Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4229 Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl call.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.983Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4343

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-09-25T10:31:29.207

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4343

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4343 - Bugzilla

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