CVE-2016-4578

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4578
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-23 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-25 18:58:00 UTC
Descriptionsound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3018-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3016-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3016-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1641-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3017-3: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3021-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_ccallback · torvalds/linux@9a47e9c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Vendor Advisory
USN-3017-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3017-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3016-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3021-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: alsa: kernel information leak vulnerability in Linux sound/core/timer MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
USN-3019-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3607-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
1335215 – (CVE-2016-4578) CVE-2016-4578 kernel: Information leak in events in timer.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux Kernel 4.4 (Ubuntu 16.04) - 'snd_timer_user_ccallback()' Kernel Pointer Leak EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3020-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3016-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_tinterrupt · torvalds/linux@e4ec8cc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3018-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2016-4578 Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
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