CVE-2012-4542
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 28, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2012
Description
block/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly consider the SCSI device class during authorization of SCSI commands, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via an SG_IO ioctl call that leverages overlapping opcodes.
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
- RHSA-2013:0496vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0882vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0928vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20130124 [PATCH 00/13] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542)mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875360
- [linux-kernel] 20130124 [PATCH 04/13] sg_io: resolve conflicts between commands assigned to multiple classes (CVE-2012-4542)mailing-list
- RHSA-2013:0579vendor-advisory
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76a274e17114abf1a77de6b651424648ce9e10c8
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