# CVE-2009-1192: The (1) agp\_generic\_alloc\_page and (2) agp\_generic\_alloc\_pages functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux ker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-24 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The (1) agp_generic_alloc_page and (2) agp_generic_alloc_pages functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc3 do not zero out pages that may later be available to a user-space process, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these pages.

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37351
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/22/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35343
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8003
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59de2bebabc5027f93df999d59cc65df591c3e6e

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