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 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:05

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References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4 -

Information

Published : 2010-11-26 19:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03


NVD link : CVE-2010-2962

Mitre link : CVE-2010-2962

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-2962


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

suse

  • linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
  • linux_enterprise_server
  • linux_enterprise_desktop

fedoraproject

  • fedora

opensuse

  • opensuse

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation