Re: [PATCH] ALSA: msnd: Optimize / harden DSP and MIDI loops

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:06:25 +0200,
grygorii tertychnyi wrote:
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Could you please apply it for 4.4-stable.
> This fixes https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9985

This vulnerability is just non-issue.  You can't get it working
practically; it requires a modified hardware of the decade old ISA
sound card, and yet the system has to load / set up the module
beforehand.  We should withdraw it from CVE, IMO.


thanks,

Takashi

> 
> Takashi Iwai (1):
>   ALSA: msnd: Optimize / harden DSP and MIDI loops
> 
>  sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c     | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
>  sound/isa/msnd/msnd_pinnacle.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.10.3.dirty
>