[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: msnd: Optimize / harden DSP and MIDI loops

[Grygorii Tertychnyi (gtertych)]

>> 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.

I think it is worth having it in 4.4, 4.9 and 4.12 also.

>>
>> 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(-)
>>