FKIE_CVE-2016-2544
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-27 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Severity
Summary
Race condition in the queue_delete function in sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl call at a certain time.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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