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CVE-2017-1000380
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-06-17T18:29:00.213 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:59:04.083

Summary

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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