CVE-2010-3442
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD or (2) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl call.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Affected | — |
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6.36 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | 2.6.36 |
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.3 | Affected | — |
| 11.2 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
| 9 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 9.10 | Affected | — |
| 9.04 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
| 6.06 | Affected | — |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100928.bz2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
CWEs
CWE-190
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