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CVE-2010-2962
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c in the Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) in the Intel i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM)…
High7.2EPSS 0.48%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
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References (16)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1041-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 42758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 42745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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