CVE-2007-4308

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.

Affected products

Adaptec Aacraid Controller: all versions

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.23-rc2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/23/195
http://secunia.com/advisories/26322
http://secunia.com/advisories/26643
http://secunia.com/advisories/26647
http://secunia.com/advisories/26651
http://secunia.com/advisories/27212
http://secunia.com/advisories/27322

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