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Debian: CVE-2016-2544: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2544: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/14/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Race condition in the queue_delete function in sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl call at a certain time.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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