Bug 1759059 (CVE-2019-15927) - CVE-2019-15927 kernel: out-of-bounds in function build_audio_procunit in sound/usb/mixer.c
Summary: CVE-2019-15927 kernel: out-of-bounds in function build_audio_procunit in soun...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-15927
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1759060 1809512 1809513 1809514 1809515 1809516
Blocks: 1759061
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-10-07 10:20 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-10-27 10:49 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 10:49:40 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-10-07 10:20:12 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in build_audio_procunit in sound/usb/mixer.c in ALSA usb-audio subsystem for a local user,  while accessing an array (desc->baSourceID) a boundary check was needed to restrict the array size, failing this can cause an out-of-bound access problem.


Reference:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.2
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f4351a199cc120ff9d59e06d02e8657d08e6cc46
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-10-07 10:20:50 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1759060]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2019-10-07 14:23:41 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora in the 4.20.2 stable kernel updates.
Comment 4 Rohit Keshri 2020-03-03 09:38:36 UTC 
Mitigation:

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
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