CVE-2016-2544 in Android

Summary

Race condition in the queue_delete function in sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl call at a certain time.

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Reservation

02/23/2016

Disclosure

04/27/2016

Status

Confirmed

Entries

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
90523	Google Android Kernel Sound race condition	362	Not defined	Official fix	CVE-2016-2544
82955	Linux Kernel IOCTL Call seq_queue.c queue_delete race condition	362	Not defined	Official fix	CVE-2016-2544

Sources

• MITRE
• NVD
• CVE Details