Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2546

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-04-27 17:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 23:32:20
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.