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Kernel: drm/i915: heap writing overflow

Published Mar 18, 2013

Description

Integer overflow in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.8.3, as used in Google Chrome OS before 25.0.1364.173 and other products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers many relocation copies, and potentially leads to a race condition.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Mar 18, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Mar 11, 2013