{"id":"CVE-2016-9794","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:07.593887559Z","published":"2016-12-28T07:59:00.603Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:3146-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3188-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3203-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3217-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3248-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3252-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0226-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0227-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0228-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0229-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0230-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0231-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0233-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0234-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0235-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0244-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0245-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0246-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0247-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0248-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0249-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0267-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0268-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0278-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0293-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0294-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94654"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8752621/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401494"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/2"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3aa02cb664c5fb1042958c8d1aa8c35055a2ebc4"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9794.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.85"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.10.105"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.12.69"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.13"},{"fixed":"3.16.40"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.52"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.4.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.7"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}