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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (31)

• SUSE-SA:2008:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-1630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0885 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-637-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 32190 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0972 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 32104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30559 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• linux-kernel-seqosssynth-info-disclosure(44225) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32103 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 31366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32799 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:28 UTC.