CVE-2016-2548
N/A
Published: April 27, 2016 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 retains certain linked lists after a close or stop action, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted ioctl call, related to the (1) snd_timer_close and (2) _snd_timer_stop functions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
References (20)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5a663aa426f4884c71cd8580adae73f33570f0dVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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