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CVE-2016-4578

Disclosure Date: May 23, 2016
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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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General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • linux,
  • opensuse,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • leap 42.1,
  • linux kernel,
  • opensuse 13.1,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 15.10,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04

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