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.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036189

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91510

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3