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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:26.040Z
Reserved: 2016-05-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4569

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:08.097
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-4569
