vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-4569: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update ((Multiple Advisories))
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | May 23, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 23, 2016
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelistsredhat-upgrade-kernel-bootwrapperredhat-upgrade-kernel-debugredhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-s390xredhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64redhat-upgrade-kernel-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-docredhat-upgrade-kernel-headersredhat-upgrade-kernel-kdumpredhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-rtredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-debugredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-debug-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-docredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-traceredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-trace-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-rt-trace-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-toolsredhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libsredhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-develredhat-upgrade-perfredhat-upgrade-perf-debuginforedhat-upgrade-python-perfredhat-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
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