Unscored severity · published Nov 26, 2010
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…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.36 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
13 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
9.10; 10.04; 10.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2962
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2962
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
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