CVE-2021-47509

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.4.295 - Denial of Service via ALSA PCM OSS Period Size

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: oss: Limit the period size to 16MB Set the practical limit to the period size (the fragment shift in OSS) instead of a full 31bit; a too large value could lead to the exhaust of memory as we allocate temporary buffers of the period size, too. As of this patch, we set to 16MB limit, which should cover all use cases.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2e54cf6794bf82a54aaefc78da13819aea9cd28a
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 35a3e511032146941085f87dd9fb5b82ea5c00a2
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 76f19e4cbb548e28547f8c328aa0bfb3a10222d3
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 8839c8c0f77ab8fc0463f4ab8b37fca3f70677c2
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - ad45babf7886e7a212ee1d5eda9ef49f696db43c
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - b02a41eebcc36d4f07196780f2e165ca2c499257
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - be55f306396cd62c6889286a7194fd8b53363aeb
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - d1bb703ad050de9095f10b2d3416c32921ac6bcc
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
... and 10 more
Published May 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026