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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1746 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.774Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1747

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-05-09T19:55:03.803

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1747

cve-icon Redhat

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Publid Date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1747 - Bugzilla

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