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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Published : 2010-11-26 11:00
Updated : 2020-08-14 08:09
NVD link : CVE-2010-2962
Mitre link : CVE-2010-2962
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CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
Products Affected
suse
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
- linux_enterprise_server
fedoraproject
- fedora
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
opensuse
- opensuse