What is CVE-2011-1747?

CVE-2011-1747 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2011-1747 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1747?

CVE-2011-1747 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1747?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-1747. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-1747 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1747 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-1747

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2011-05-09

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2011-1747 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-1747 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Securitytracker
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025441

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47832

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698999

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Lkml
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/14/294

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b522f02184b413955f3bc952e3776ce41edc6355
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-1747

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2011-05-09

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1747?

CVE-2011-1747 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2011-1747 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1747?

CVE-2011-1747 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1747?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-1747. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-1747 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-1747 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.