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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)…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% 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: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1025441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110421 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20110414 [PATCH] char: agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110422 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow and DoS issues in agp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .