CVE-2008-3831

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3831
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-20 17:59:26 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Linux All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.24 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Linux All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: kernel-2.6.26.6-79.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-679-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel i915 Driver 'drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c' Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
410 Gone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVS log for src/sys/dev/pci/drm/Attic/i915_drv.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1655-1 linux-2.6.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-659-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel i915 Driver May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
rPath update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Error MITRE www.openbsd.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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