CVE-2011-1747
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1746)
- Published
- May 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1746 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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