CVE-2011-1477: Linux Kernel

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

Multiple array index errors in sound/oss/opl3.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.38.8
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only

Published 2012-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.