CVE-2011-1476

Linux Kernel < 2.6.39 - Denial of Service via OSS Subsystem Integer Underflow

Title source: llm

Description

Integer underflow in the Open Sound System (OSS) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on unspecified non-x86 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b769f49463711205d57286e64cf535ed4daf59e9

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/25/1

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b769f49463711205d57286e64cf535ed4daf59e9

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 35.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (9)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38 (9 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.1

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.2

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.3

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.4

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.5

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.6

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.38.7

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.38.8

Published Jun 21, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026