A null dereference vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. Function snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events() calls snd_seq_fifo_clear() unconditionally even if there is no FIFO assigned, and this leads to an Oops due to NULL dereference. The fix is just to add a proper NULL check. Upstream patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=030e2c78d3a91dd0d27fef37e91950dde333eba1 External references: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/12/215 CVE-ID request and assignment: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/133 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/410
This was fixed in 4.3.5 with: commit 6f54677f06bf3fd3c3f327d14ded94a0330d8d0c Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai> Date: Tue Jan 12 12:38:02 2016 +0100 ALSA: seq: Fix missing NULL check at remove_events ioctl commit 030e2c78d3a91dd0d27fef37e91950dde333eba1 upstream. and in 4.4.1 with: commit 36d3fc15f50c22bbddfceb6c585f851130fb005f Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai> Date: Tue Jan 12 12:38:02 2016 +0100 ALSA: seq: Fix missing NULL check at remove_events ioctl commit 030e2c78d3a91dd0d27fef37e91950dde333eba1 upstream. All Fedora branches are on those or newer. This issue is fixed in Fedora.
Statement: This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and MRG-2. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.