CVE-2008-3272: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.04 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.27 (fixed in 2.6.27); version 2.6.27 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 4.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 4.0 only

Published 2008-08-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.