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CVE-2011-0712

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native Instruments USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long USB device name, related to (1) the snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c and (2) the snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/midi.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 8.04
• Linux kernel: before 2.6.38; 2.6.38, 2.6.38-rc1, 2.6.38-rc2, 2.6.38-rc3 — fixed in 2.6.38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eaae55dac6b64c0616046436b294e69fc5311581
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215.bz2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46419
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677881
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65461
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eaae55dac6b64c0616046436b294e69fc5311581
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215.bz2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/16/11

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