| Name | CVE-2009-1883 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1929-1 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-2.6 | source | etch | 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1 | DSA-1929-1 | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.19-1 | |||
| linux-2.6.24 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- linux-2.6.24 <not-affected> (problem was fixed before first upload, 2.6.19)
See Solar Designer's posting to oss-security