ALSA 'snd_compr_allocate_buffer' function integer overflow vulnerability

ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is a set of sound card drivers for the Linux operating system that provides audio and MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the 'sndcomprallocatebuffer' function of ALSA, which stems from the program's failure...

CVE-2012-6703: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Integer overflow in the sndcomprallocatebuffer function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6-rc6-next-20120917 allows local users to cause a denial of service insufficient memory allocation or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted...