CVE-2011-0636

N/A Unknown
Published: January 22, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The (1) cudaHostAlloc and (2) cuMemHostAlloc functions in the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.2 developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26, and possibly other versions, do not initialize pinned memory, which allows local users to read potentially sensitive memory, such as file fragments during read or write operations.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7675-1380-00.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7676-1022+00.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7677-1391+00.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7681-487+00.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=190303
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/70420
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42859
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515591/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516121/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45717
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024962
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64710
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7675-1380-00.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7676-1022+00.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7677-1391+00.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/?C35e9ea936bHW-7681-487+00.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=190303
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/70420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/42859
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515591/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516121/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45717
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024962
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64710
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
30th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

nvidia

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