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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 k…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 2.6.36
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 13
OpensuseOpensuse
Version 11.3
SuseLinux Enterprise Desktop
Version 11
SuseLinux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Version 11
SuseLinux Enterprise Server
Version 11
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 9.10, 10.04, 10.10

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References