CVE-2016-4578
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4578
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4578.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4578
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-23T10:59:09Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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) sndtimeruserccallback and (2) sndtimerusertinterrupt functions.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335215
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4578
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source