[CVE-2011-1746] agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Jun 2 15:03:57 UTC 2011


On 06/02/2011 09:38 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> CVE-2011-1746
> 	Multiple integer overflows in the (1) agp_allocate_memory and (2)
> 	agp_create_user_memory functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c
> 	in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 allow local users to trigger
> 	buffer overflows, and consequently cause a denial of service
> 	(system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via
> 	vectors related to calls that specify a large number of memory
> 	pages.
>
> This fix was applied to Oneiric, Natty, and Lucid via mainline and
> stable updates.  Following this email is a patch which applies to both
> Hardy and Maverick, this is a simple cherry-pick from mainline.
>
> Proposing for Hardy and Maverick.
>
> -apw
>

Thought you did this one already?

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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