Bug 1169384 – VUL-1: CVE-2020-11725: kernel-source: improper handling in the private_size*count multiplication due to count=info->owner typo

Bug 1169384 - (CVE-2020-11725) VUL-1: CVE-2020-11725: kernel-source: improper handling in the private_size*count multiplication due to count=info->owner typo

(CVE-2020-11725)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2020-11725: kernel-source: improper handling in the private_size...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
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Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Normal
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URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/256999/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-11725:0.0:(AV:...
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Reported:	2020-04-14 08:02 UTC by Alexandros Toptsoglou
Modified:	2020-12-21 11:43 UTC (History)
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Description Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-04-14 08:02:08 UTC

CVE-2020-11725

snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.3 has a
count=info->owner typo, which is mishandled in the private_size*count
multiplication.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-11725
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-11725.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/3b2549a3740efb8af0150415737067d87e466c5b/sound/core/control.c#L1434-L1474
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11725
https://twitter.com/yabbadabbadrew/status/1248632267028582400

Comment 1 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-04-14 08:03:27 UTC

will dispute following Takashi's response at [1] 

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/s5h4ktmlfpx.wl-tiwai@suse.de/

Comment 2 Takashi Iwai 2020-04-14 08:24:27 UTC

Thanks!  Reassigning back to security team.

Comment 5 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-04-15 07:13:18 UTC

Disputed. Closing