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CVE-2020-26088

A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets…

Impact

A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms, aka CID-26896f01467a.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 5.8.2
DebianDebian Linux
Version 9.0
OpensuseLeap
Versions 15.1, 15.2
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Weakness classification

CWE-276

References