CVE-2016-2548
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 retains certain linked lists after a close or stop action, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted ioctl call, related to the (1) snd_timer_close and (2) _snd_timer_stop functions.
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0151Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-02-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder um seine Privilegien zu erweitern..
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references (47)
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0dcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/68437cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/69607cnnvd
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311568cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0dcnnvd
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0denisa_euvd
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