CVE-2016-4569

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-05-08

Description

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linuxkernel 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-4569 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.1	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3646	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.14.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3645	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.19.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3644	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3644	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3645	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3646	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.14.2.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3645	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.19.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3644	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-2574	2016-11-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3644	2016-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3645	2016-11-20
Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0167	2016-11-25
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0163	2016-11-21
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0162	2016-11-21

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