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

The vulnerability of the hwdepread function in the sound/firewire/motu/motu-hwdep.c module of the Linux kernel’s audio subsystem is related to the copying of buffers without checking the size of the input data a classic buffer overflow attack. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker...