Race Condition Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Sound Subsystem Leads to Denial of Service

Race Condition Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Sound Subsystem Leads to Denial of Service

CVE-2022-3303 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition

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