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title: "CVE-2005-1264\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-1264

Publication date 17 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1264)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1264)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-1264)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1264)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-131-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-131-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 23 May 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1264>