CVE-2011-1747

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1747
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-09 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel 'AGPIOC_RESERVE' and 'AGPIOC_ALLOCATE' IOCTL's Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Vasiliy Kulikov: [PATCH] char: agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 698999 – CVE-2011-1747 kernel: agp: possible kernel mem exhaustion via AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE ioctls af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE IOCTLs Let Local Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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