VDB
GHSA-qg44-g4p3-cf6x
GHSA-qg44-g4p3-cf6x
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11182 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31366 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2307 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31836 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30559 url
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