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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-2962 · published 26 November 2010

CVE-2010-2962: Linux kernel improper input validation vulnerability

Linux · Linux Kernel

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.48% · top 60.2% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.48%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
32References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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