CVE-2008-3831
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3817)
- Published
- October 20, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3817 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / linux
- linux / linux kernel
- openbsd / linux
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32386(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021065
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245846-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c(Patch)
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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