CVE-2005-1264 Information

Description

Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space a similar vulnerability to CVE-2005-1589.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0045.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0046.html http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.10 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=111630512512222 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13651 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0557 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10264