--- title: "CVE-2005-3257\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-2005-3257?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-3257 Publication date 18 October 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The VT implementation (vt\_ioctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12, and possibly other versions including 2.6.14.4, allows local users to use the KDSKBSENT ioctl on terminals of other users and gain privileges, as demonstrated by modifying key bindings using loadkeys. ## Status Show unmaintained releases --- * [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-2005-3257) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3257) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-3257) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3257) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-231-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-231-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 23 December 2005 ### Other references *