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libcgroup — security advisory
The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted message.
- Products
- libcgroup
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.37.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-1022
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted message.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1022
libcgroup
Fixed versions: 0.37.1-1
libcgroup
Fixed versions: 0.37.1-1
libcgroup
Fixed versions: 0.37.1-1
Complete source record
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