VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1747

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-05-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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