| Name | CVE-2017-9985 |
| Description | The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.11.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | stretch | 4.9.51-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.13.4-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
No security issue, only "exploitable" with malicious ISA cards
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/20e2b791796bd68816fa115f12be5320de2b8021 (v4.13-rc1)
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196133