Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0767
Published: March 15, 2005 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99731
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0767
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
Race condition in the Radeon DRI driver for Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows local users with DRI privileges to execute arbitrary code as root.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2005-0767
Install update from vendor's repository.