kernel: Information leak in Linux sound module in timer.c

A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel. There is an information leak in file "sound/core/timer.c" of the latest mainline Linux kernel, the stack object “tread” has a total size of 32 bytes. It contains a 8-bytes padding, which is not initialized but sent to user via copytouser, resulting a...

Linux kernel sound module information disclosure vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the sound module of the Linux kernel, which stems from a program's failure to initialize the padding bytes in the 'tread' sta...