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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 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.

Published

2011-02-28T16:00:01.867

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.38	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.38	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46557 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65691 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46557 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65691 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)