CVE-2011-0712: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 8.04 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.38 (fixed in 2.6.38); version 2.6.38 only

Published 2011-02-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.