CVE-2011-1477

N/A Unknown

Published: June 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Multiple array index errors in sound/oss/opl3.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4d00135a680727f6c3be78f8befaac009030e4df

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Third Party Advisory

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