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[VulnWatch] Linux 2.4 kernel ioperm vuln

From: Rain Forest Puppy (rfpvulnwatch.org)
Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 18:32:17 CDT


http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105271679705571&w=2

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Problem Description:
The "ioperm" system call allows an unprivileged user to gain read and
write access to I/O ports on the system. When used by a privileged
process, the "ioperm" system call also fails to properly restrict
privileges.

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- rfp