Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2011-1747

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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