CVE-2011-1747

The agp subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.38.5 and earlier does not properly restrict memory allocation by the (1) AGPIOC_RESERVE and (2) AGPIOC_ALLOCATE ioctls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by making many calls to these ioctls.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294 Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2011-05-09 19:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51


NVD link : CVE-2011-1747

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1747

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1747


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors