CVE-2011-1016

The Radeon GPU drivers in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 do not properly validate data related to the AA resolve registers, which allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations associated with (1) Video RAM (aka VRAM) or (2) the Graphics Translation Table (GTT) via crafted values.

• CWE-20

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46557Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65691Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46557Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65691Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 28, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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