Improper Function Call in Raw Character Devices: Kernel Address Space Access Vulnerability

Improper Function Call in Raw Character Devices: Kernel Address Space Access Vulnerability

CVE-2005-1264 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2005-1589.

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