| Name | CVE-2016-4569 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-516-1, DSA-3607-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.81-1 | DLA-516-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u2 | DSA-3607-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.5.5-1 |
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2214250
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e