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CVE-2012-6703

Published: Jun 29, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20160628 Re: CVE Request: integer overflow in ALSA snd_compress_check_input

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b35cc8225845112a616e3a2266d2fde5ab13d3ab

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351076

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https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.6-rc6-next-20120917.xz

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