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CVE-2005-1264
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2005-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+23)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0045.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0046.html
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.10
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=111630512512222
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13651
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0557
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10264
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0045.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0046.html
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.10
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