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CVE-2016-2548
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-27T17:59:18.070 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:16.493

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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