CVE-2014-4653
sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
- Affected products
- Alt Linux, Centos, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu, Cloop-Debugsource, Cloop-Kmp-Default, Cloop-Kmp-Default-Debuginfo
- Linux Linux Kernel
- < 3.15.2
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-07-03
CVE-2014-4653 at NVD
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