CVE-2014-4654 PUBLISHED

The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.

EPSS 0.07% · 20.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.07%
20.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime0, 6.8.0-2019.20
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.4.0-1072.76, 5.4.0-1073.77, 5.4.0-1074.78
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure5.0.0-1018.19~18.04.1, 4.15.0-1008.8, 4.15.0-1009.9
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtime6.8.1-1015.16, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.3.0-23.25~18.04.2, 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.1, 5.3.0-22.24~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.155.15.0-1065.74~20.04.1.1, 0, 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1, 4.15.0-1001.1, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-21.43, 3.13.0-22.44, 3.13.0-23.45
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1009.10~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1012.13~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1017.19, 5.3.0-1007.8, 5.3.0-1014.16
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1103.110, 0, 5.4.0-1033.35
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.110, 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1, 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1085.90+cvm2.1, 5.4.0-1085.90+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1083.87+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-60.63.1, 0, 6.5.0-9.9.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1, 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1, 5.3.0-59.53~18.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-24.28, 0, 5.4.0-26.30

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