CVE-2014-4656
Description
Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.14.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.14.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.14.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.14.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.14.9-1 |
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.15.2 | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.6 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0087.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113470
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/883a1d49f0d77d30012f114b2e19fc141beb3e8e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac902c112d90a89e59916f751c2745f4dbdbb4bd
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4656
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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