Security Advisory

CVE-2005-3257

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2005-10-18 04:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-07 23:01:59

Assigner mitre

State PUBLISHED

Description

The VT implementation (vt_ioctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12, and possibly other versions including 2.6.14.4, allows local users to use the KDSKBSENT ioctl on terminals of other users and gain privileges, as demonstrated by modifying key bindings using loadkeys.

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