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CVE-2008-3831 Details

Description

The i915 driver in (1) drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.24 on Debian GNU/Linux and (2) sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c in OpenBSD does not restrict the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl to the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) master, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call, related to absence of the DRM_MASTER and DRM_ROOT_ONLY flags in the ioctl's configuration.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32315	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32709	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33182	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586	CVE
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021065	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245846-1	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224	CVE
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c	CVE	Patch
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792	CVE	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32315	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32709	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33182	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586	[email protected]
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021065	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245846-1	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224	[email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.6.24
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian linux	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:linux:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
openbsd linux	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:linux:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 20, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-3831 Details

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