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CVE-2016-2545

CVSS v3.0 5.1 (Medium)
51% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.18 % (56th)
0.18% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 16
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-04-27 17:59:15
(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