CVE-2010-3080

high
Published 2010-09-21 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.2

Description

Double free vulnerability in the snd_seq_oss_open function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unsuccessful attempt to open the /dev/sequencer device.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

linux Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
2.6.36 Affected โ€”
โ€” Affected 2.6.36
suse SUSE Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
11.1 Affected โ€”
11 Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
10.10 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
9.10 Affected โ€”
9.04 Affected โ€”
8.04 Affected โ€”
6.06 Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-415

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.