CVE-2011-1169 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1169?

CVE-2011-1169 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1169?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-1169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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