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Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via caiaq
February 2011 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can insert a USB device with a long name, in order to create an overflow in caiaq, leading to a denial of service or to code execution.
Severity: 1/4
Creation date: 16/02/2011
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
Linux kernel
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The sound/usb/caiaq directory implements the support of USB devices from the Native Instruments company.
The snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init() and snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init() functions copy the name of the USB device in a 80 bytes array. However, if the name provided by the USB device is longer, a buffer overflow occurs.
An attacker can therefore insert a USB device with a long name, in order to create an overflow in caiaq, leading to a denial of service or to code execution.
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