CVE-2007-4308 Information

Description

The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.23-rc2 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/23/195 http://secunia.com/advisories/26322 http://secunia.com/advisories/26643 http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 http://secunia.com/advisories/26651 http://secunia.com/advisories/27212 http://secunia.com/advisories/27322 http://secunia.com/advisories/27436 http://secunia.com/advisories/27747 http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 http://secunia.com/advisories/29032 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://secunia.com/advisories/29570 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019470 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25216 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2786 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8872