CVE-2007-3851

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-08-13
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets, allows local users with access to an X11 session and Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted batchbuffer.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.0
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2007-0705	2007-09-14