cve-2009-1883
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-18 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:27
Severity ?
Summary
The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36759Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37105
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9513
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