CVE-2011-1169

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1169
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-03 19:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionArray index error in the asihpi_hpi_ioctl function in sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c in the AudioScience HPI driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted adapter index value that triggers access to an invalid kernel pointer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-129 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: AudioScience HPI driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 688898 – CVE-2011-1169 kernel: check adapter index in hpi_ioctl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: AudioScience HPI driver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4a122c10fbfe9020df469f0f669da129c5757671 MITRE git.kernel.org
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