CVE-2009-1883
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 18, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 2, 2009
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20090915 CVE-2009-1883 kernel: missing capability check in z90cryptmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9513vdb-entrysignature
- USN-852-1vendor-advisory
- 36759third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983
- [oss-security] 20090915 Re: CVE-2009-1883 kernel: missing capability check in z90cryptmailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2010:013vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1438vendor-advisory
- 37105third-party-advisory
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