CVE-2012-2313

N/A Unknown

Published: June 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1174.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1481.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1541.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1589.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.7

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Release Notes

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/8

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53965

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818820

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Patch

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75