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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3404-1 linux-5.10 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6033-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6171-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6172-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6185-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6187-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6207-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6222-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6223-1 Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6256-1 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6385-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-24T17:04:30.565Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1076

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.361Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T21:15:10.423

Modified: 2025-02-24T17:15:12.320

Link: CVE-2023-1076

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-02-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1076 - Bugzilla

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