Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-0636
CVE-2011-0636
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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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <= 3.2 (developer drivers for Linux 260.19.26)
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/42859nvdVendor Advisory
- classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/nvd
- classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/nvd
- classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/nvd
- classic.chem.msu.su/cgi-bin/ceilidh.exe/gran/gamess/forum/nvd
- forums.nvidia.com/index.phpnvd
- osvdb.org/70420nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515591/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516121/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45717nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64710nvd
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