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LIN7-229 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2014-4652

Created: Jul 16, 2014 Updated: Mar 31, 2016

Resolved Date: Sep 2, 2014

Found In Version: 7.0

Fix Version: 7.0

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7

Component/s: Kernel

Description

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-4652

CVEs

CVE-2014-4652