PT-2012-3998 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Petr Matousek · Published 2012-05-22 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-2383

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.3.5

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the i915 gem execbuffer2 function, which is part of the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem. This can be exploited by local users through a crafted ioctl call, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.3.5, update to version 3.3.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_1156

CVE-2012-2383

RHSA-2012:1156

RHSA-2012_1156

USN-1471-1

USN-1472-1

USN-1473-1

USN-1474-1

USN-1476-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1474-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1471-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1156.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1476-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2383 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1472-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1473-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1156.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2383 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/8 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ed8cd3b2cd61004cab85380c52b1817aca1ca49b · Note