Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv...
Vulnerability Description
Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60545
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113406
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59434
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94412
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
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