CVE-2013-6383

medium

Published 2013-11-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`3.2.53`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.11.8-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.11.8-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.11.8-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.11.8-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.11.8-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.