CVE-2012-0044

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0044
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-17 11:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 03:24:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() · torvalds/linux@a5cd335 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-1556-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-1555-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
772894 – (CVE-2012-0044) CVE-2012-0044 kernel: drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.5 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request - kernel: drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-0044 MISC access.redhat.com
Linux Kernel DRM 'drivers/gpu/drm/crm_crtc.c' IOCTL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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