CVE-2016-4569 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Reference
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction Required
LOW
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
NONE
Base Severity
5.5