| Name | CVE-2012-4542 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 4.19.289-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.10.197-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.191-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.55-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.52-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 6.5.10-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 6.5.13-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport)
No upstream fix seems to be planned/treated as non-issue. Marking as unimportant