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CVE-2010-2803

Published: Sep 8, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
1.9LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·DEaka suse
linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise high availability extensionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise real timeOn-premOS
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
linux enterprise serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSEOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9f0aee83335db1f3915f4e42a5e21b351740afd
git.kernel.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6
kernel.org
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