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CVE-2010-2962 Details

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.

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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://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.36
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	13
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	11.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise real time extension	11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	9.10 10.04 10.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 14, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Nov 29, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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