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CVE-2011-4127

Published: Jul 03, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
7.4 IMPORTANT
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4127
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_enterprise_serverSuse10-sp4 (including)10-sp4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-274.18.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-238.35.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-220.2.1.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2RedHatkernel-rt-0:3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt*
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6RedHatrhev-hypervisor6-0:6.2-20111215.0.el6_2*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntunatty*
LinuxUbuntuoneiric*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-floUbuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-goldfishUbuntusaucy*
Linux-goldfishUbuntuupstream*
Linux-grouperUbuntusaucy*
Linux-grouperUbuntutrusty*
Linux-grouperUbuntuupstream*
Linux-grouperUbuntuutopic*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-quantalUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-raringUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-trustyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-utopicUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-vividUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-wilyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-xenialUbuntuupstream*
Linux-maguroUbuntusaucy*
Linux-maguroUbuntutrusty*
Linux-maguroUbuntuupstream*
Linux-makoUbuntusaucy*
Linux-makoUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mantaUbuntusaucy*
Linux-mantaUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-raspi2Ubuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
Linux-snapdragonUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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