Description
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c in the Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) in the Intel i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate pointers to blocks of memory, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via crafted use of the ioctl interface, related to (1) pwrite and (2) pread operations.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 26, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified