Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.27)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005533
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Aug 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Aug 2008

CVE-2008-3272  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.27 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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.

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