6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.4%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux_kernel | lt | 2.6.38.5 |
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9
securitytracker.com/id?1025441
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5
www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999
lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294