Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356606 and 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, driver specific ioctl command handlers in the ixl network driver failed to check whether the caller has sufficient privileges allowing unprivileged users to trigger updates to the device's non-volatile memory.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl.asc
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd
12.1 (3 CPE variants)
Published
Apr 28, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026