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CVE-2016-2547
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-27T17:59:17.100 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:16.310

Summary

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 employs a locking approach that does not consider slave timer instances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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