A potential security vulnerability in Intel® i915 Graphics for Linux may allow escalation of privilege.** Intel is releasing a Linux Kernel Mode Driver updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.**
CVEID: CVE-2019-11085
Description: Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode Driver in Intel® i915 Graphics for Linux before version 5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Intel® i915 Graphics for Linux before version 5.0.
Intel recommends that users of Intel® i915 Graphics for Linux update to version 5.0 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
Intel would like to thank Adam ‘pi3’ Zabrocki for reporting this issue.
Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.