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CVE-2008-3272

Published: 8 August 2008

The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Tobias Klein discovered that the OSS interface through ALSA did not correctly validate the device number. A local attacker could exploit this to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a denial of service or a loss of privacy.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.27~rc2)
dapper
Released (2.6.15-52.71)
feisty Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

linux-source-2.6.20
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.27~rc2)
dapper Does not exist

feisty
Released (2.6.20-17.39)
gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

linux-source-2.6.22
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.27~rc2)
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy
Released (2.6.22-15.58)
hardy Does not exist

linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.27~rc2)
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy
Released (2.6.24-19.41)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442