Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-2962
CVE-2010-2962
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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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <2.6.36
Patches
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References
16- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42745nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42758nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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