234799 CVE-2008-3272 2008-08-15 10:49 0000 Linux <2.6.27-rc2 sound: ensure device number is valid in snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info (CVE-2008-3272) 2009-07-20 19:25:08 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Security Kernel unspecified All Linux ASSIGNED http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442 [linux <2.6.25.15] [linux >=2.6.26 <2.6.26.2] P2 normal --- 1 rbu@gentoo.org security@gentoo.org kernel@gentoo.org rbu@gentoo.org 2008-08-15 10:49:39 0000 CVE-2008-3272 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3272): 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. rbu@gentoo.org 2008-08-15 10:53:05 0000 Also fixed in 2.6.25.15 and 2.6.26.2 kerframil@gmail.com 2009-07-20 19:25:08 0000 hardened-kernel unaffected at present time. Removing alias. PS: genpatches-2.6.25-10 included the 2.6.25.15 patch and genpatches-2.6.26-2 included the 2.6.26.2 patch