Description
The 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.
Published: 2008-10-20
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1655-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3817 The 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-659-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-679-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32315 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32709 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021065 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245846-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3831 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3831 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html cve-icon cve-icon
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Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Openbsd Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.385Z

Reserved: 2008-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3831

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-20T17:59:26.117

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3831

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-10-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3831 - Bugzilla

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