Data Race Vulnerability in ALSA /dev/snd/timer Driver Allows Unauthorized Information Disclosure

CVE-2017-1000380 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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