Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24241Privilege Escalation
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Missing sanity checks in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Technical_Notes/index.html#RHSA-2010:0842
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/42745
secunia.com/advisories/42758
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0842
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C