The vulnerability of the fcp_avcTransaction() function in the sound/firewire/fcp.c module of the Linux kernel’s audio subsystem allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the fcpavcTransaction function in the sound/firewire/fcp.c module of the Linux kernel’s audio subsystem is related to access to an uninitialized pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system failure...