CVE-2011-1016
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1033)
- Published
- February 28, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1033 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fff1ce4dc6113b6fdc4e3a815ca5fd229408f8ef
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/11(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46557(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680000(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65691(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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