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

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/3b2549a3740efb8af0150415737067d87e466c5b/sound/core/control.c#L1434-L1474	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/s5h4ktmlfpx.wl-tiwai%40suse.de/
https://twitter.com/yabbadabbadrew/status/1248632267028582400	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-12 22:15

Updated : 2024-05-17 01:41

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

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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