The drm_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c in the Direct Rendering Manager...
Vulnerability 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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Remediation
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References
- 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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- 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
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621435
- 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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41512
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