TI-2008-03670 Aliases CVE-2008-3831 GHSA-wm3c-vw32-xmgp

The i915 driver in (1) drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.24 on Debian…

LOW 22CWE-399Published 2008-10-20 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Complete
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The i915 driver in (1) drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.24 on Debian GNU/Linux and (2) sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c in OpenBSD does not restrict the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl to the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) master, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call, related to absence of the DRM_MASTER and DRM_ROOT_ONLY flags in the ioctl's configuration.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00511 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:::::::*	2.6.24	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:linux::::::::	all versions	Running on	Debian
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:linux::::::::	all versions	Running on	OpenBSD

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.24 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Debian
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·OpenBSD

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

RHSA-2009:0009 Released 2009-01-22 · Red Hat rating Important
kernel security and bug fix update
- MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt-2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-debug-2.6.24.7-93.el5rt, kernel-rt-debug-devel-2.6.24.7-93.el5rt +6
RHSA-2008:1017 Released 2008-12-16 · Red Hat rating Important
kernel security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server	Fixed	RHSA-2009:0009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)	Fixed	RHSA-2008:1017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)	Fixed	RHSA-2008:1017

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3831
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wm3c-vw32-xmgp

References

Patch 1

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c

Advisory 9

Other 6

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TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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