VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-1000380

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.72%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-17
Last modified2026-06-17

Description

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.