CVE-2017-1000380

Medium

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 17, 2017
First seenJun 17, 2017

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.11.4—

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