Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3831
CVE-2008-3831
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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References
25- www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.cnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/32386nvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32315nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32709nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32918nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33182nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33586nvd
- security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gznvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diffnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threadednvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.htmlnvd
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