CVE-2016-2544

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CVSS 3.0

5.1 medium

EPSS

<1%p27

Published

Apr 27, 2016 (Apr 27, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-362
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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