CVE-2016-4569: Infoleak
First published: Sun May 08 2016(Updated: )
A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel. There is an information leak in file "sound/core/timer.c" of the latest mainline Linux kernel, the stack object “tread” has a total size of 32 bytes. It contains a 8-bytes padding, which is not initialized but sent to user via copy_to_user(), resulting a kernel leak.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7 | 0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-514.el7 | 0:3.10.0-514.el7 |
| Linux Linux kernel | <=4.6 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-extra | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-sp4 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =12.0-sp1 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12.0 | |
| Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | =12.0-sp1 | |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.106-3 6.1.112-1 6.11.5-1 6.11.6-1 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4569 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4569 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2214250
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4569
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/17
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3018-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3019-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90347
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-4569
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2214250
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/279
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/296
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cec8f96e49d9be372fdb0c3836dcf31ec71e457e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1334645
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=9a47e9cff994f37f7f0dbd9ae23740d0f64f9fe6
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=e4ec8cc8039a7063e24204299b462bd1383184a5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1334643#c2
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/?h=for
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4578
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/316
- https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4569
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4569
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4569
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4569
- collector/redhat-cve
- agent/type
- agent/remedy
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/launchpad-cve
- source/Launchpad
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2016-4569
- agent/description
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-api
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/linux
- canonical/linux linux kernel
- version/linux linux kernel/4.6
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/15.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/16.04
- vendor/novell
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise software development kit
- version/novell suse linux enterprise software development kit/11.0-sp4
- version/novell suse linux enterprise software development kit/12.0
- version/novell suse linux enterprise software development kit/12.0-sp1
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo
- version/novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo/11.0-sp4
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise desktop
- version/novell suse linux enterprise desktop/12.0
- version/novell suse linux enterprise desktop/12.0-sp1
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise live patching
- version/novell suse linux enterprise live patching/12.0
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud
- version/novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud/12.0
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise real time extension
- version/novell suse linux enterprise real time extension/12.0-sp1
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise server
- version/novell suse linux enterprise server/11.0-extra
- version/novell suse linux enterprise server/11.0-sp4
- version/novell suse linux enterprise server/12.0
- version/novell suse linux enterprise server/12.0-sp1
- canonical/novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension
- version/novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension/12.0
- version/novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension/12.0-sp1
- package-manager/debian