CVE-2010-3448

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 on ThinkPad devices, when the X.Org X server is used, does not properly restrict access to the video output control state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a (1) read or (2) write operation.

Date published : 2011-01-03

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5