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CVE-2016-9794

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
CVSS v2.0 7.2 (High)
72% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 40
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Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-416
Use After Free
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-12-28 07:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-01-17 21:05:13
(20 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 3.2.85 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 3.2.85
  Linux Kernel from 3.3 version and prior 3.10.105 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.3 < 3.10.105
  Linux Kernel from 3.11 version and prior 3.12.69 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.11 < 3.12.69
  Linux Kernel from 3.13 version and prior 3.16.40 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.13 < 3.16.40
  Linux Kernel from 3.17 version and prior 3.18.52 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.17 < 3.18.52
  Linux Kernel from 3.19 version and prior 4.4.37 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.19 < 4.4.37
  Linux Kernel from 4.5 version and prior 4.7 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.5 < 4.7