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CVE-2016-2546

Published: 27/04/2016 Updated: 07/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.1 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.4
VMScore: 419
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.4.1 uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-2546
sound/core/timerc in the Linux kernel before 441 uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call ...
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References

CWE-362https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311564http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=af368027a49a751d6ff4ee9e3f9961f35bb4fedehttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af368027a49a751d6ff4ee9e3f9961f35bb4fedehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83384http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035301https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2546https://usn.ubuntu.com/2967-1/
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