CVE-2011-0636

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit - Uninitialized Memory Exposure via Pinned Memory Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The (1) cudaHostAlloc and (2) cuMemHostAlloc functions in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26, and possibly other versions, do not initialize pinned memory, which allows local users to read potentially sensitive memory, such as file fragments during read or write operations.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45717
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64710
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/70420
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515591/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42859
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024962
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516121/100/0/threaded
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=190303

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/cuda_toolkit 3.2
Published Jan 22, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026