CVE-2016-2547

Medium

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 employs a locking approach that does not consider slave timer instances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 27, 2016
First seenApr 27, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.4—

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