CVE-2012-0044

Description

Integer 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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5cd335165e31db9dbab636fd29895d41da55dd2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772894

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51371

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/12/1

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.5

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5cd335165e31db9dbab636fd29895d41da55dd2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3