CVE-2016-2548

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-04-27
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 retains certainlinked 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-2548 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4145	2018-06-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2018-4134	2018-06-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4134	2018-06-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4145	2018-06-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.4.el7uek)	ELSA-2018-4134	2018-06-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4134	2018-06-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0231	2018-06-15