CVE-2016-2546

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2546
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2546.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2546
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Published
2016-04-27T17:59:16.007Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:05:57.442529Z
Severity
  • 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.4"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2546.json"