CVE-2014-9904

NameCVE-2014-9904
DescriptionThe snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3616-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3DSA-3616-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.0.2-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
4.0.2-1 the first version in unstable after 3.17-rc1
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205 (3.17-rc1)
Introduced by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab (3.7-rc1)

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