CVE-2010-2962

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-11-26
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2001	2012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.7.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2001	2012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2001	2012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.7.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2001	2012-01-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.7.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2001	2012-01-24