CVE-2009-1883
Priority
Low
Description
The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux
kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE
operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force
a driver outage.
kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE
operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force
a driver outage.
References
Package
| Upstream: | needed |
| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron): | DNE |
Package
| Upstream: | not-affected |
| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron): | not-affected |