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HIGH

security flaw

Published May 17, 2005

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (13)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 17, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 25, 2005
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 17, 2005