CVE-2011-4127
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 3, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2011
Description
The Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly restrict SG_IO ioctl calls, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on disk read and write operations by sending a SCSI command to (1) a partition block device or (2) an LVM volume.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20111222 CVE-2011-4127 kernel: possible privilege escalation via SG_IO ioctlmailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2012:0554vendor-advisory
- 48898third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752375
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812vendor-advisory
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