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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
sbeattie | never applied upstream (see 27 Aug 2014 email from Paolo) |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux-gke | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | linux-gke | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | linux-azure | < any | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < any | UNKNOWN |
marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135903967015813&w=2
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4542
lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/24/279
lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/23/292
lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/27/170
lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4542
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4542
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4542