CVE - CVE-2016-2545

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-2545	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:83381 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83381 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311560 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736 DEBIAN:DSA-3503 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160119 Security bugs in Linux kernel sound subsystem URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1 SECTRACK:1035296 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035296 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:0911 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:1102 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2074 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html UBUNTU:USN-2929-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 UBUNTU:USN-2929-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 UBUNTU:USN-2930-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 UBUNTU:USN-2930-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 UBUNTU:USN-2930-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 UBUNTU:USN-2931-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1 UBUNTU:USN-2932-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 UBUNTU:USN-2967-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 UBUNTU:USN-2967-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160223	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160223)
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