CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4569

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-05-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-05-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.6) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 11.0 • novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11.0 • novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise live patching 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise real time extension 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise server 11.0 • novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References