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CVE-2016-9794

CVE-2016-9794

EPSS 0.3%
Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401494https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/