CVE-2010-2962
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise real time extension · suse/linux enterprise server · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.