UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4654
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 03 Jul 2014, 00:00
Last modified:12 May 2026, 13:20
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
03 Jul 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 13:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-35.62
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all | all
References (13)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4654
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82262a46627bebb0febcc26664746c25cef08563
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113445
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=82262a46627bebb0febcc26664746c25cef08563
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2332-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2333-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2334-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2335-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2336-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2337-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4654