CVE - CVE-2011-1747

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1747	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20110414 [PATCH] char: agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow URL:https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110421 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11 MLIST:[oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999 BID:47832 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832 SECTRACK:1025441 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20110419	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110419)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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