In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the io_uring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/io_uring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to the loopback interface. This occurs because IORING_OP_SENDMSG operations, although requested in the context of an unprivileged user, are sometimes performed by a kernel worker thread without considering that context.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-17T19:02:37

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:09:39.512Z

Reserved: 2019-11-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-19241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-17T20:15:11.540

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140

Link: CVE-2019-19241

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-19241 - Bugzilla