cve-2016-4578
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/5Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335215Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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