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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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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2.6.24
  • OpenBSD/OpenBSDllm-fuzzy

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