CVE-2010-2803

Public Exploit

Description

The drm_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by requesting a large memory-allocation amount.

Category

1.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9f0aee83335db1f3915f4e42a5e21b351740afd
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6 broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53 broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry broken link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b2f1489633888d4a06028315dc19d65768a1c05
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.4 broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621435 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9f0aee83335db1f3915f4e42a5e21b351740afd
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2803?
CVE-2010-2803 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2803?
To fix CVE-2010-2803, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2803 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2803 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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