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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…
Low1.9EPSS 0.34%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- [oss-security] 20110224 CVE request: kernel: drm/radeon/kms: check AA resolve registers on r300 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- kernel-atiradeon-sec-bypass(65691) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110224 Re: CVE request: kernel: drm/radeon/kms: check AA resolve registers on r300 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: kernel: drm/radeon/kms: check AA resolve registers on r300 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 46557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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