CVE-2011-1747

Linux Kernel < 2.6.38.5 - Denial of Service via AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE Ioctls

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (12)

Core 12
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10

Scores

EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 35.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.38.5
Published May 09, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026