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CVE-2016-4578

Published: May 23, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.

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affected
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References

SUSE-SU-2016:1690
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3017-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
46529
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
SUSE-SU-2016:1985
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3017-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2016:2184
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3018-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3021-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3017-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2016:2584
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2016:2574
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3019-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2016:1641
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
DSA-3607
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
90535
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3016-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3016-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1672
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3021-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3018-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:2105
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-3016-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3016-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3020-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2016:1937
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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