CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9794
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.85)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.105)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.69)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.40)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.4.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.7)
Related
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/2 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94654 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401494 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/ Issue Tracking
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/2 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94654 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401494 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/ Issue Tracking
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Third Party Advisory