VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-4653

medium
Published 2014-07-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.6

Description

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

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 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Affected 3.15.2
suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
10 Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
12.04 Affected —
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.14.9-1
sid Fixed 3.14.9-1
forky Fixed 3.14.9-1
bullseye Fixed 3.14.9-1
bookworm Fixed 3.14.9-1

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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

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