CVE-2014-4653

Summary (CVE-2014-4653) : The ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel has a race/lock handling issue in sound/core/control.c. It does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (use-after-free) and to potentially read kernel memory...

CVE-2014-4654

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

CVE-2014-4654

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

CVE-2014-4656

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to 1 index values in the sndctladd function and 2 numid values in the...

CVE-2014-4655

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the userctlcount value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service integer overflow and limit bypass by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acces...

CVE-2014-4653

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acce...

CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4654

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

CVE-2014-4655: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the userctlcount value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service integer overflow and limit bypass by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acces...

CVE-2014-4652: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4655

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the userctlcount value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service integer overflow and limit bypass by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acces...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4653

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acce...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4656

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to 1 index values in the sndctladd function and 2 numid values in the...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x ALSA snd-page-alloc Local Proc File Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25774/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow local attackers to gain elevated privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected computers...

Alsaplayer 0.99.71 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerablity

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767/info Alsaplayer is a PCM player that utilizes the ALSA libraries and drivers. It is availabe for Linux and Unix platforms. A vulnerability has been discovered in Alsaplayer. By specifying an overly long add-on path, ...

Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: Linux kernel ALSA core control API vulnerabilities

Hi, The mail that was send by Lars-Peter to the ALSA developers. Takashi Tiwai gave approval to forward it here. Ciao, Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: PATCH 0/5 Use-after-free and out-of-bounds acccess vulnerabilities in the ALSA control code...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0840-1)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-3153: The futexrequeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEXREQUEUE...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:1330-1)

This kernel update to 3.4.11 fixes various bugs and security issues. The changes up to 3.4.11 contain both security and bugfixes and are not explicitly listed here. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-3520: Force passing credentials, otherwise local services could be fooled to assume...