CVE-2008-3525 Information

Description

The sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability before processing a (1) SIOCDEVRESINSTATS (2) SIOCDEVSHWSTATE (3) SIOCDEVENSLAVE or (4) SIOCDEVEMANSIPATE ioctl request which allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions.

Reference

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