The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier...
Low severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 16, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 29, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier does not properly restrict privileges, which allows local users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.
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