CVE-2011-1747

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.

• CWE-399

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294Third Party Advisory

Published

May 9, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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