CVE - CVE-2011-4127

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4127	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly restrict SG_IO ioctl calls, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on disk read and write operations by sending a SCSI command to (1) a partition block device or (2) an LVM volume.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:48898 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:0554 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:0812 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html MISC:[oss-security] 20111222 CVE-2011-4127 kernel: possible privilege escalation via SG_IO ioctl URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/5 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752375 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752375 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec8013beddd717d1740cfefb1a9b900deef85462
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111018	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111018)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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