CVE-2020-11725

snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info->owner line, which later affects a private_size*count multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding, because it could be relevant only if new callers were added that were unfamiliar with the misuse of the info->owner field to represent data unrelated to the "owner" concept. The existing callers, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD and SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE, have been designed to misuse the info->owner field in a safe way
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:15

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/s5h4ktmlfpx.wl-tiwai@suse.de/', 'name': 'https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/s5h4ktmlfpx.wl-tiwai@suse.de/', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/s5h4ktmlfpx.wl-tiwai%40suse.de/ -
Summary ** DISPUTED ** snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info->owner line, which later affects a private_size*count multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding, because it could be relevant only if new callers were added that were unfamiliar with the misuse of the info->owner field to represent data unrelated to the "owner" concept. The existing callers, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD and SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE, have been designed to misuse the info->owner field in a safe way. snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a count=info->owner line, which later affects a private_size*count multiplication for unspecified "interesting side effects." NOTE: kernel engineers dispute this finding, because it could be relevant only if new callers were added that were unfamiliar with the misuse of the info->owner field to represent data unrelated to the "owner" concept. The existing callers, SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD and SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE, have been designed to misuse the info->owner field in a safe way

Information

Published : 2020-04-12 22:15

Updated : 2024-04-11 01:06


NVD link : CVE-2020-11725

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11725

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-11725


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel