From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2009 - 14:24:04 CST

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TITLE:
Linux Kernel SysKonnect FDDI Driver Statistics Reset Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33938

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33938/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to a logic error within the "skfp_ioctl()"
function in drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c, which can be exploited to reset
the driver statistics without having CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.6.27.18 and 2.6.28.6.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.27.18 or 2.6.28.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.18

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