VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-1000380
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.72%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/2Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99121Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3295
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3315
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3322
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/2Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99121Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3295
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3315
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3322
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-12-01
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.