Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-28T07:42:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.501Z

Reserved: 2016-12-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9794

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-12-28T07:59:00.603

Modified: 2023-01-17T21:05:13.730

Link: CVE-2016-9794

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9794 - Bugzilla