--- title: "CVE-2005-1589\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1589?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-1589 Publication date 17 May 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The pkt\_ioctl function in the pktcdvd block device ioctl handler (pktcdvd.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12-rc4 and earlier calls the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space and allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2005-1264. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux-source-2.6.17 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [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-2005-1589) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1589) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-1589) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1589) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-131-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-131-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 23 May 2005 ### Other references *