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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-1940

CVE-2008-1940

Description

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

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Affected products

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  • Grsecurity/Grsecurity Kernel Patch7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.6.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Grsecurity/grsecurityllm-fuzzy
    Range: <2.1.11-2.6.24.5, <2.1.11-2.4.36.2

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