UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6383

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6383

    Published: 26 Nov 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6383
    Aliases:
    USN-2066-1
    USN-2067-1
    USN-2068-1

    Summary:

    Details: The aac_compat_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.8 does not require the CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted ioctl call.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6383, http://git.kernel.org/linus/f856567b930dfcdbc3323261bf77240ccdde01f5, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f856567b930dfcdbc3323261bf77240ccdde01f5, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f856567b930dfcdbc3323261bf77240ccdde01f5, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033530, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2066-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2067-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2068-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2069-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2070-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2071-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2072-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2073-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2074-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2075-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2076-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2107-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2108-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6383

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.12.0-2.5

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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