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CVE-2009-1072

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2009
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

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