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CVE-2009-1883 Details

Description

The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36759	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9513	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36759	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9513	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/1	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.6.9
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 18, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]