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CVE-2016-2543

CVSS v3.0 6.2 (Medium)
62% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.16 % (53th)
0.16% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 16
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The snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events function in sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not verify FIFO assignment before proceeding with FIFO clearing, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ioctl call.

Weaknesses
CWE-NVD-Other
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-04-27 17:59:12
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2017-09-07 01:29:02
(7 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.4 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.4