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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• 245846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1655 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1021065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8929 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 33586 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32709 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-679-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [source-changes] 20081017 CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 32386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20081112 rPSA-2008-0316-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 32315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:53 UTC.