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CVE-2005-1264
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.53%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20050516 Linux kernel pktcdvd and rawdevice ioctl break user space limit vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 13651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050517 Re: Linux kernel pktcdvd and rawdevice ioctl break user space limit vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20050517 [PATCH] Fix root hole in raw device (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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