CVE-2014-4653

2014-07-0300:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

JSON

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel
before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows
local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain
sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX
access.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1339297>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 13.10 preview kernels android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.04 preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux< 2.6.32-65.131UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-68.102UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-35.62UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1637.54UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-ec2< 2.6.32-369.85UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-35.62~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1452.72UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.32-65.131	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-68.102	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-35.62	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1637.54	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-ec2	< 2.6.32-369.85	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-35.62~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1452.72	UNKNOWN