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.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59434
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94412
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60545
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113406
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
Scores
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.15.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
6.0
suse/linux_enterprise_server
10 sp4
Published
Jul 03, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026