CVE-2011-1169

CVE-2011-1169 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.1 via an array index error in the AudioScience HPI driver (sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c) that can memory-corrupt local kernel data and may allow local privilege escalation. Connected advisories (SUSE/Ubuntu) confirm the root cause and impact, wit...

CVE-2011-1169

Array index error in the asihpihpiioctl function in sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c in the AudioScience HPI driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly gain privileges via a crafted adapter index value that triggers acce...