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ELSA-2012-1156 Moderate: Oracle Linux kernel security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2012-1156 Moderate: Oracle Linux kernel security and bug fix update

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

06/13/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

08/21/2012

Modified

06/21/2018

Description

Integer overflow in the i915_gem_do_execbuffer function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ioctl call.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-firmware
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-1078
53971
CVE - 2011-1078
CVE - 2012-2383
CVE - 2012-2384
Category I
V0031252
2012-A-0020
RHSA-2011:0833
RHSA-2012:1156
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-August/002982.html

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