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CVE-2016-4578 PUBLISHED

sound/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.

EPSS 0.13% · 32.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.13%
32.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv0, 6.8.0-60.63.1, 6.8.0-59.61.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1012.12, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv0, 5.13.0-1004.4, 5.13.0-1006.6+22.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-46.75, 3.13.0-46.76, 3.13.0-46.77
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1006.6~24.04.2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtime6.8.1-1015.16, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.110, 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1009.10~24.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1069.72+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1068.71+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1067.70+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.4.0-1024.25, 0, 5.4.0-1008.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.2.0-1014.21, 4.2.0-1013.19, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe5.3.0-73.69, 5.3.0-75.71, 5.3.0-76.72
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1, 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1, 3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-31.35, 5.4.0-30.34, 5.4.0-28.32
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.3.0-1.10, 4.2.0-17.21, 4.2.0-16.19
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1, 4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1, 4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1056.59, 5.4.0-1055.58, 5.4.0-1054.57
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1025.26~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1021.21~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1030.31, 4.15.0-1031.32, 4.15.0-1032.33

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