4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A missing integer overflow check in snd_ctl_new() in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem could allow a local, unprivileged user on a 32-bit system to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Technical_Notes/index.html#RHSA-2010:0842
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
secunia.com/advisories/42400
secunia.com/advisories/42745
secunia.com/advisories/42778
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/42801
secunia.com/advisories/43291
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100928.bz2
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/9
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/43787
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3113
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0842
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638478