CVE-2012-6703

Published: 6/29/2016 Last updated: 8/6/2024 Reserved: 6/28/2016

Integer overflow in the snd_compr_allocate_buffer function in sound/core/compress_offload.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 SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.

CNA assigner: microfocus (f81092c5-7f14-476d-80dc-24857f90be84) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (27)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (1)

Product	Vendor	Version
n/a	n/a	< 1.22.0

References (14)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/28/6
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351076
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.6-rc6-next-20120917.xz
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91502
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036190
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/28/6
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351076
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.6-rc6-next-20120917.xz
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91502
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036190