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CVE-2005-1264

Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2005-1589.

Published: May 17, 2005 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (29)

Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.6

…and 9 more

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vrh3-vx52-7gxc

Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.2 / 10
EPSS Score 0.53%

Top 57% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 29 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub