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Every CAPSET audit\nrecord therefore reports cap_pi (process inheritable) with the value\nof cap_effective instead of cap_inheritable.\n\nThis silently corrupts audit data used for compliance and forensic\nanalysis: an attacker who modifies inheritable capabilities to\nprepare for a privilege-escalating exec would have the change masked\nin the audit trail.\n\nThe bug has been present since the original introduction of CAPSET\naudit records in 2008."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/auditsc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"75bd76c9eb2de9afeca03dc5152ebca5fb8fc816","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"febb4bf373ac565d3fb8d1f429827bdd983be496","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"95de7bb4bf535a9288549d401ebde83cdcbf2792","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"151ee470edc3d7ed29fe72df678f8357d2ad8ced","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"0a065c51a225854768b772a0b733a44d77162582","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"e35f3550c5b4fab33103c18654c293cee9850b0a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"d782e4d200cd9036ef353eeb29525bfbfd13a14e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e68b75a027bb94066576139ee33676264f867b87","lessThan":"e4a640475e43f406fdfd56d370b1f34b0cbbc18d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/auditsc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.29","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.29","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.258","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.209","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.175","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.141","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.91","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.33","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.10","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.258"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.209"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.175"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.141"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.91"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.33"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.29","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75bd76c9eb2de9afeca03dc5152ebca5fb8fc816"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febb4bf373ac565d3fb8d1f429827bdd983be496"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95de7bb4bf535a9288549d401ebde83cdcbf2792"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/151ee470edc3d7ed29fe72df678f8357d2ad8ced"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a065c51a225854768b772a0b733a44d77162582"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e35f3550c5b4fab33103c18654c293cee9850b0a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d782e4d200cd9036ef353eeb29525bfbfd13a14e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a640475e43f406fdfd56d370b1f34b0cbbc18d"}],"title":"audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}