The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or…

Description

The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted message.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 43758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 44093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=615987 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1025157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 46578 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2011:0316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2011-2631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0774 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [libcg-devel] 20101115 Fwd: libcgroup netlink (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680409 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 43611 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2011-2638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110224 CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [libcg-devel] 20110218 [PATCH 2/2] cgrulesengd: Ignore netlink messages that don't come from the kernel. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 22:14 UTC.