Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1965897
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 May 2016

Introduced: 8 May 2016

CVE-2016-4569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-debug-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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