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 prior to 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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linux linux kernel |
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fedoraproject fedora 13 |
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suse linux enterprise desktop 11 |
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suse linux enterprise server 11 |
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opensuse opensuse 11.3 |
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suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 10.10 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 |
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canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 |
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