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CVE-2016-4569
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-23T10:59:08.097 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:48.320

Summary

The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel 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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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