Tracker / CVE-2014-4653
CVE-2014-4653
Medium 4.6
sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
Affected products and versions
| canonical | ubuntu_linux |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.15.2 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server |
Analysis
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