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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-15877

CVE-2019-15877

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.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSDdescription
  • FreeBSD/ixl network driverllm-create
    Range: <12.1-RELEASE-p3, <12.1-STABLE r356606

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