CVE-2016-4569

Description (CNA)

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

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