CVE-2010-3080

Publication date 21 September 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the OSS sequencer device did not correctly shut down. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or possibly gain root privileges.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.32-25.45
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.6.31-22.67
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2.6.28-19.66
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.6.24-28.80
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-ec2	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.32-309.18
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.6.31-307.21
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.31-608.22
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.6.31-112.30
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.35-25.44~lucid1
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-mvl-dove	10.10 maverick	Fixed 2.6.32-416.33
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.32-216.33
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 2.6.15-55.89
linux-ti-omap4	10.10 maverick	Fixed 2.6.35-903.22
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
linux	Introduced by 1da177e, fixed by 27f7ad5 Hardy: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/hardy/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt Jaunty: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/jaunty/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt Karmic: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/karmic/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt Lucid: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/lucid/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt
linux-source-2.6.15	Dapper: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/dapper/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt

Package

Patch details

linux

linux-source-2.6.15

Dapper: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/CVEs/CVE-2010-3080/patches/dapper/linux/0001-ALSA-seq-oss-Fix-double-free-at-error-path-of-snd_seq_.txt

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1083-1
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
3 March 2011

USN-1074-1
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
25 February 2011

USN-1119-1
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
20 April 2011

USN-1000-1
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
19 October 2010

USN-1074-2
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
28 February 2011

USN-1093-1
Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)
25 March 2011

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3080