CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2022
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-05-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The agp_generic_remove_memory function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 does not validate a certain start parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted AGPIOC_UNBIND agp_ioctl ioctl call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1745.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.38.5)
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux aus 5.6
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 5.6
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=194b3da873fd334ef183806db751473512af29ce git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47843 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698996 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/293 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=194b3da873fd334ef183806db751473512af29ce git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47843 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698996 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/293 Patch, Third Party Advisory