Array Index Error in AudioScience HPI Driver Allows for Memory Corruption and Possible Privilege Escalation

CVE-2011-1169 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Array index error in the asihpi_hpi_ioctl function in sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c in the AudioScience HPI driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted adapter index value that triggers access to an invalid kernel pointer.

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