CVE-2016-2548

sound/core/timer.c en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a 4.4.1 conserva ciertas listas enlazadas después de una acción de cierre o parada, lo que permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (caída del sistema) a través de una llamada ioctl manipulada, relacionada con las funciones (1) snd_timer_close y (2) _snd_timer_stop.

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.