CVE-2011-1016

CVE-2011-1016 describes a vulnerability in Radeon GPU drivers within the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38-rc5. This flaw allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations in Video RAM or the Graphics Translation Table by providing crafted values due to improper validation of AA resolve registers. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, medium attack complexity, no authentication required, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.