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CVE-2010-4527 Details

Description

The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42765	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42765	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-120	Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.37
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 10, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 14, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]