Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4578

Title: Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-4578

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date May 23, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4578: 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.

Impacted Vendors

C
canonical 1
O
opensuse 2
S
suse 1
L
linux 1
D
debian 1
R
redhat 6
C
cisco 1
U
ubuntu 2

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5 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/2016-08/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/2016/05/11/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535 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=1335215 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/ http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5 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/2016-08/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/2016/05/11/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90535 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=1335215 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529/
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-2016-4578 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46529
View Code
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.