Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4569

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4569.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date May 23, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4569: 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.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html 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/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347 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-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html 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/2016-06/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347 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-3016-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4569 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.