CVE-2010-2962

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 26 Nov 2010, 18:23
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 02:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Nov 2010, 18:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 02:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    9.10 | 10.04 | 10.10

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    13

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.36

  • opensuse•opensuse

    11.3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp1

  • suse•linux_enterprise_real_time_extension

    11:sp1

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp1

References (16)