CVE-2012-0044

high

Published 2012-05-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.2

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Integer overflow in the drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5cd335165e31db9dbab636fd29895d41da55dd2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772894

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/12/1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.5

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
linux-kernel		affected	`3.0.13`
ubuntu	10.04	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.