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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-4578) (Multiple Advisories): Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-4578) (Multiple Advisories): Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • ELSA-2016-3646
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1672
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1690
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1937
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1985
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2105
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • DLA-516-1
  • DSA-3607
  • 90535
  • USN-3016-1
  • USN-3016-2
  • USN-3016-3
  • USN-3016-4
  • USN-3017-1
  • USN-3017-2
  • USN-3017-3
  • USN-3018-1
  • USN-3018-2
  • USN-3019-1
  • USN-3020-1
  • USN-3021-1
  • USN-3021-2
  • CVE-2016-4578
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