UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9985

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9985

    Published: 28 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9985

    Summary:

    Details: The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9985, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196133, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9985

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-157.207

    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
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