fkie_cve-2009-1883
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-09-18 10:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.9 |
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