Name | CVE-2016-9794 |
Description | Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-772-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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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 (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.10.11-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.10.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.84-1 | | DLA-772-1 | |
linux | source | jessie | 3.16.39-1 | | | |
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.7.2-1 | | | |
Notes
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4 (v4.7-rc1)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/576