The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-01-13T18:35:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:51:17.231Z

Reserved: 2010-12-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-4527

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-13T19:00:04.243

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:57.797

Link: CVE-2010-4527

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4527 - Bugzilla