CVE-2011-0636

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0636
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-22 22:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Cuda Toolkit 3.2 All All All
Application Nvidia Cuda Toolkit 3.2 All All All

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Ceilidh ... Re: Firefly with CUDA-enabled MP4 code is now available for Linux - follow-up on CUDA security hole MISC classic.chem.msu.su
NVIDIA CUDA Driver Toolkit Discloses Information to Local Users - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Ceilidh ... Re^2: Firefly with CUDA-enabled MP4 code is now available for Linux - follow-up on CUDA security hole MISC classic.chem.msu.su
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