snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info->owner line which later affects a private_size*count multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding because it could be relevant only if new callers were added that were unfamiliar with the misuse of the info->owner field to represent data unrelated to the "owner" concept. The existing callers SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD and SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE have been designed to misuse the info->owner field in a safe way

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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11725

sndctlelemadd in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info-owner line, which later affects a privatesizecount multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding, because it could be relevant only if new callers were...

CVE-2020-11725

sndctlelemadd in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info-owner line, which later affects a privatesizecount multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding, because it could be relevant only if new callers were...

PT-2020-6008 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 5.6.3 Description: The issue is related to the function snd ctl elem add in the Linux kernel, specifically with the line count = info-owner, which can lead to errors when multiplying private size count. This coul...