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CVE-2016-9794
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-28T07:59:00.603 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:33.250

Summary

Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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