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.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2009-03-25T01:00:00
Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01
Reserved: 2009-03-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-1072
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2009-03-25T01:30:00.610
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:03:48.930
Link: CVE-2009-1072
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