| Name | CVE-2016-2545 |
| Description | The snd_timer_interrupt function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not properly maintain a certain linked list, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (race condition and system crash) via a crafted ioctl call. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3503-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.244-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.153-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.43-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.48-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 6.16.12-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 | DSA-3503-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4 | DSA-3503-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.4.2-1 | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
Upstream fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee8413b01045c74340aa13ad5bdf905de32be736 (v4.5-rc1)