ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2016-4578

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

References

  1. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
  2. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
  3. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
  4. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
  5. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
  6. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
  7. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
  8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
  9. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
  10. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
  11. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
  12. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
  13. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/5
  14. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535
  15. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
  16. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
  17. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
  18. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
  19. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
  20. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2