Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.290.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2513426
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 23 May 2016
Introduced: 23 May 2016
CVE-2016-4578 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-400.290.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-3646
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-4578.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2574.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3644.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3645.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3646.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335215
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/5
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529