UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15265

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15265

    Published: 16 Oct 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15265
    Aliases:
    USN-3485-1
    USN-3485-2
    USN-3485-3

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls, related to sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c and sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15265, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062520, http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2017-October/126292.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3487-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3485-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15265

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-153.203

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High