CVE-2009-1883

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-09-18
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.4
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.11.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.11.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15