CVE-2014-4652
Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0005 (0.1%)
Percentile: 15.6%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
linux:linux_kernelsuse:linux_enterprise_servercanonical:ubuntu_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_workstationTechnical description
Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
Published: 7/3/2014, 4:22:15 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564