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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-11085 – Linux Kernel Intel i915 Graphics Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

An error within the “intel_vgpu_mmap()” function (drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c) can be exploited to corrupt memory and subsequently gain elevated privileges.

Impact

Privilege escalation

Affected Vendors

Linux

Affected Products

  • Linux Kernel prior to 4.19.17
  • Linux Kernel prior to 4.14.96

Remediation

Update to version 4.19.17 or later or 4.14.96 or later.