CVE-2016-4578
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 11, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2016:1690vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- USN-3017-1vendor-advisory
- 46529exploit
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985vendor-advisory
- USN-3017-3vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2184vendor-advisory
- USN-3018-2vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- USN-3021-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3017-2vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335215
- RHSA-2016:2584vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2574vendor-advisory
- USN-3019-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641vendor-advisory
- DSA-3607vendor-advisory
- 90535vdb-entry
- USN-3016-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3016-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672vendor-advisory
- USN-3021-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3018-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- [oss-security] 20160511 Re: CVE Request: alsa: kernel information leak vulnerability in Linux sound/core/timermailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2016:2105vendor-advisory
- USN-3016-3vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- USN-3016-4vendor-advisory
- USN-3020-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1937vendor-advisory
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