Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24347Privilege Escalation
6.2 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Missing sanity checks were found in gdth_ioctl_alloc() in the gdth driver in the Linux kernel. A local user with access to โ/dev/gdthโ on a 64-bit system could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651147
Related
6.2 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C