CVE-2014-4654

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

03/07/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.60

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.15.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:::ltss:::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::

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CVE-2014-4654

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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