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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-3616-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
sid | 6.1.20-1 | 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 |
[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)