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CVE-2018-10902 It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double…

Description

It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status() which are part of snd_rawmidi_ioctl() handler in rawmidi.c file. A malicious local attacker could possibly use this for privilege escalation.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
kernel Versions not published
Linux 4.18 earliest → < 4.18 4.18
Linux 4.17 earliest → < 4.17.10 4.17.10
Linux 4.14 earliest → < 4.14.100 4.14.100
Linux 4.9 earliest → < 4.9.115 4.9.115
Linux 4.4 earliest → < 4.4.144 4.4.144
Linux 3.18 earliest → < 3.18.117 3.18.117
Linux 3.16 earliest → < 3.16.58 3.16.58
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