| Name | CVE-2014-9904 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3616-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.289-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.191-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.38-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.52-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.5.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 | | DSA-3616-1 | |
| linux | source | (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)