National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2383

Overview

Integer overflow in the i915_gem_execbuffer2 function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ioctl call.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824176

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824176

External Source: BID

Name: 53971

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53971

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120522 Re: CVE Request: some drm overflow checks

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/8

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.5

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.5

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:1156

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html