CVE-2011-1016

Published: 28 February 2011

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.

From the Ubuntu security team

Marek Olšák discovered that the Radeon GPU drivers did not correctly validate certain registers. On systems with specific hardware, a local attacker could exploit this to write to arbitrary video memory.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Not vulnerable
	karmic	Not vulnerable
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-32.62)
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-29.51)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-6.33)
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-316.30)
	maverick	Ignored (binary supplied by "linux" now)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	lucid	Not vulnerable
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.35-30.54~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Not vulnerable (2.6.38-7.35~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (abandonded branch)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-217.34)
	maverick	Released (2.6.32-417.34)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-903.23)
	natty	Released (2.6.38-1204.5)
	upstream	Released (2.6.38~rc7)

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