Fixed
Created: Jul 16, 2014
Updated: Mar 31, 2016
Resolved Date: Sep 11, 2014
Found In Version: 7.0
Fix Version: 7.0
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel
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.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html target=_blank>CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-4653
