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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2010-2966 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1041-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1074-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1074-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1083-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1093-1 | Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove) |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1119-1 | Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:46.323Z
Reserved: 2010-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-2962
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-11-26T19:00:06.500
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-2962
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN