Description
Double free vulnerability in the snd_seq_oss_open function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unsuccessful attempt to open the /dev/sequencer device.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | linux-2.6 | 2.6.26-25lenny1 | DSA-2110-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | perf +14 | 2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 | RHSA-2011:0007 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2011:0007 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- DSA-2110-1 linux-2.6 - several issues Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- USN-1000-1 vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27f7ad53829f79e799a253285318bff79ece15bd
- MDVSA-2010:198 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:0007 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0298 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630551
- SUSE-SA:2010:050 vendor-advisory
- 43062 vdb-entry
- 42890 third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
- [oss-security] 20100908 CVE-2010-3080 kernel: /dev/sequencer open failure is not handled correctly mailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2010:054 vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c598337660c21c0afaa9df5a65bb4a7a0cf15be8