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GHSA-qr7g-w49q-3pg6
GHSA-qr7g-w49q-3pg6
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.099999904632568 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (10 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2546 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311564 url
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=af368027a49a751d6ff4ee9e3f9961f35bb4fede url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83384 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035301 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/1 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-1 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2931-1 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1 advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af368027a49a751d6ff4ee9e3f9961f35bb4fede fix
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3 advisory
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