CVE-2016-9794

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362CWE-416

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 28, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9794: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix