diff --git a/libs/libao/Makefile b/libs/libao/Makefile
index df55e3864c..1f0e3ccc13 100644
--- a/libs/libao/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libao/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libao
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/
diff --git a/libs/libao/patches/010-CVE-2017-11548.patch b/libs/libao/patches/010-CVE-2017-11548.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e376e0c288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libao/patches/010-CVE-2017-11548.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+From d5221655dfd1a2156aa6be83b5aadea7c1e0f5bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ron <ron@debian.org>
+Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:19:20 +1030
+Subject: [PATCH] Check memory allocations for success
+
+Adds some missing checks spotted by eye in a visual review while looking
+into the details of https://bugs.debian.org/870608
+---
+ src/audio_out.c                | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
+ src/plugins/macosx/ao_macosx.c |  2 +-
+ src/plugins/sndio/ao_sndio.c   |  3 ++
+ 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/src/audio_out.c
++++ b/src/audio_out.c
+@@ -634,6 +634,10 @@ static char *_sanitize_matrix(int maxcha
+     char *ret = calloc(strlen(matrix)+1,1); /* can only get smaller */
+     char *p=matrix;
+     int count=0;
++
++    if(!ret)
++      return NULL;
++
+     while(count<maxchannels){
+       char *h,*t;
+       int m=0;
+@@ -707,6 +711,15 @@ static int _find_channel(int needle, cha
+   return -1;
+ }
+ 
++static void _free_map(char **m){
++  char **in=m;
++  while(m && *m){
++    free(*m);
++    m++;
++  }
++  if(in)free(in);
++}
++
+ static char **_tokenize_matrix(char *matrix){
+   char **ret=NULL;
+   char *p=matrix;
+@@ -731,6 +744,8 @@ static char **_tokenize_matrix(char *mat
+   }
+ 
+   ret = calloc(count+1,sizeof(*ret));
++  if(!ret)
++    return NULL;
+ 
+   p=matrix;
+   count=0;
+@@ -749,6 +764,10 @@ static char **_tokenize_matrix(char *mat
+     while(t>p && isspace(*(t-1)))t--;
+ 
+     ret[count] = calloc(t-p+1,1);
++    if(!ret[count]){
++      _free_map(ret);
++      return NULL;
++    }
+     memcpy(ret[count],p,t-p);
+     count++;
+     if(!*h)break;
+@@ -756,16 +775,6 @@ static char **_tokenize_matrix(char *mat
+   }
+ 
+   return ret;
+-
+-}
+-
+-static void _free_map(char **m){
+-  char **in=m;
+-  while(m && *m){
+-    free(*m);
+-    m++;
+-  }
+-  if(in)free(in);
+ }
+ 
+ static unsigned int _matrix_to_channelmask(int ch, char *matrix, char *premap, int **mout){
+@@ -773,7 +782,14 @@ static unsigned int _matrix_to_channelma
+   char *p=matrix;
+   int *perm=(*mout=malloc(ch*sizeof(*mout)));
+   int i;
+-  char **map = _tokenize_matrix(premap);
++  char **map;
++
++  if(!perm)
++    return 0;
++
++  map = _tokenize_matrix(premap);
++  if(!map)
++    return 0;
+ 
+   for(i=0;i<ch;i++) perm[i] = -1;
+   i=0;
+@@ -811,6 +827,9 @@ static char *_channelmask_to_matrix(unsi
+   char buffer[257]={0};
+   char **map = _tokenize_matrix(premap);
+ 
++  if(!map)
++    return NULL;
++
+   while(map[m]){
+     if(mask & (1<<m)){
+       if(count)
+@@ -850,6 +869,9 @@ static char *_matrix_intersect(char *mat
+   int count=0;
+   char **map = _tokenize_matrix(premap);
+ 
++  if(!map)
++    return NULL;
++
+   while(1){
+     char *h=p;
+     int m=0;
+@@ -1040,7 +1062,7 @@ static ao_device* _open_device(int drive
+                                                          device->output_matrix,
+                                                          &device->input_map);
+               int channels = _channelmask_bits(mask);
+-              if(channels<0){
++              if(channels<=0){
+                 aerror("Unable to map any channels from input matrix to output");
+                 errno = AO_EBADFORMAT;
+                 goto error;
+@@ -1061,7 +1083,7 @@ static ao_device* _open_device(int drive
+                                                          device->output_matrix,
+                                                          &device->input_map);
+               int channels = _channelmask_bits(mask);
+-              if(channels<0){
++              if(channels<=0){
+                 aerror("Unable to map any channels from input matrix to output");
+                 errno = AO_EBADFORMAT;
+                 goto error;
+@@ -1112,6 +1134,10 @@ static ao_device* _open_device(int drive
+             int count=0;
+             device->inter_permute = calloc(device->output_channels,sizeof(int));
+ 
++            if (!device->inter_permute) {
++              errno = AO_EFAIL;
++              goto error;
++            }
+             adebug("\n");
+ 
+             while(count<device->output_channels){
+@@ -1158,8 +1184,10 @@ static ao_device* _open_device(int drive
+                 for(i=0;i<device->output_channels;i++)
+                   if(device->inter_permute[i]==j)break;
+                 if(i==device->output_channels){
+-                  adebug("input %d (%s)\t -> none\n",
+-                         j,inch[j]);
++                  if(inch){
++                    adebug("input %d (%s)\t -> none\n",
++                           j,inch[j]);
++                  }
+                   unflag=1;
+                 }
+               }
+--- a/src/plugins/macosx/ao_macosx.c
++++ b/src/plugins/macosx/ao_macosx.c
+@@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ int ao_plugin_open(ao_device *device, ao
+   internal->firstValidByteOffset = 0;
+   internal->validByteCount = 0;
+   internal->buffer = malloc(internal->bufferByteCount);
+-  memset(internal->buffer, 0, internal->bufferByteCount);
+   if (!internal->buffer) {
+     aerror("Unable to allocate queue buffer.\n");
+     return 0;
+   }
++  memset(internal->buffer, 0, internal->bufferByteCount);
+ 
+   /* limited to stereo for now */
+   //if(!device->output_matrix)
+--- a/src/plugins/sndio/ao_sndio.c
++++ b/src/plugins/sndio/ao_sndio.c
+@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ int ao_plugin_device_init(ao_device *dev
+ {
+   ao_sndio_internal *internal;
+   internal = (ao_sndio_internal *) calloc(1,sizeof(*internal));
++  if (internal == NULL)
++    return 0;
++
+   internal->id=-1;
+   device->internal = internal;
+   device->output_matrix_order = AO_OUTPUT_MATRIX_FIXED;