Notified:  February 16, 2012 Updated: June 29, 2012

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

No statement is currently available from the vendor regarding this vulnerability.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Vendor References

• http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
• http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx
• http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-32.aspx
• http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_xp-32.aspx
• http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/06/28/our-driver-team-answers-the-call-once-again/

Addendum

AMD has released Catalyst drivers version 12.6 for supported Radeon hardware; these drivers are compatible with system-wide ASLR. Attempting to use "Always on" ASLR on a system that uses incompatible ATI or AMD video drivers may result in a "BSOD" system crash upon trying to boot.

Updated:  June 05, 2012

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

No statement is currently available from the vendor regarding this vulnerability.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

AMD and ATI video drivers are incompatible with "Always on" ASLR. Attempting to use "Always on" ASLR on a system that uses ATI or AMD video drivers may result in a "BSOD" system crash upon trying to boot. Note that ATI Technologies has been acquired by AMD.