CVE - CVE-2014-9904

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9904	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which 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.
References
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BID:91510 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91510 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6217e5ede23285ddfee10d2e4ba0cc2d4c046205 DEBIAN:DSA-3616 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616 SECTRACK:1036189 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036189 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:1937 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2105 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:2184 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
Assigning CNA
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)
Date Record Created
20160624	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160624)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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