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HistoryFeb 28, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2012-4542

2013-02-2800:00:00
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4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
sbeattie never applied upstream (see 27 Aug 2014 email from Paolo)

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%