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Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2543

CVE-2016-2543

Description

The snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events function in sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not verify FIFO assignment before proceeding with FIFO clearing, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ioctl call.

Affected products

64

Patches

0

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