CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1551

2.1 LOW Published 2001-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Linux kernel 2.2.19 enables CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for setuid processes, which allows local users to exceed disk quota restrictions during execution of setuid programs.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.2.19

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness

References