CVE-2010-2962

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drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c in the Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) in the Intel i915 driver in the Direct Rendering

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00113

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

linux kernel< 2.6.36
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise real time extensionall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@ubuntu.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD26 Nov 2010 · 07:00 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
usnUSN-1119-1
usnUSN-1093-1
usnUSN-1083-1
usnUSN-1074-2
Show all 9 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1074-1
usnUSN-1041-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0958Low
rhsaRHSA-2010:0842Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Third Party Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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