CVE-2016-2545 (NVD)

2016-04-27

The snd_timer_interrupt function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not properly maintain a certain linked list, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

Products Linux_kernel
Type Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') (CWE-362)
First patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736
Relevant file/s ./sound/core/timer.c (modified, +1, -1)
Links • http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035296
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

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