block/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly...
Vulnerability Description
block/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly consider the SCSI device class during authorization of SCSI commands, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via an SG_IO ioctl call that leverages overlapping opcodes.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135903967015813&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875360
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135904012416042&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0579.html
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76a274e17114abf1a77de6b651424648ce9e10c8
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