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CVE-2010-4527

The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.

Published

2011-01-13T19:00:04.243

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.37	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42765 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42765 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)