CVE-2011-0712

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native Instruments USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long USB device name, related to (1) the snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c and (2) the snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/midi.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eaae55dac6b64c0616046436b294e69fc5311581

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215.bz2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/5

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46419

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677881

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65461

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2