PT-2016-5197 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Dmitry Vyukov · Published 2016-01-13 · Updated 2017-09-07 · CVE-2016-2545

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.1

Description The issue is related to the snd timer interrupt function in sound/core/timer.c, which does not properly maintain a certain linked list. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a race condition and system crash, via a crafted ioctl call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.1, update to version 4.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the snd timer interrupt function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1018

ALT-PU-2016-1485

CVE-2016-2545

DSA-3503-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1

USN-2929-1

USN-2929-2

USN-2930-1

USN-2930-2

USN-2930-3

USN-2931-1

USN-2932-1

USN-2967-1

USN-2967-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 251

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3503-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2929-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2930-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2544 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2929-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2545 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4134.html · Vendor Advisory