A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error in the "snd_mem_proc_read()" [sound/core/memalloc.c] function when handling multiple reads from the "/proc/driver/snd-page-alloc" file, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause portions of kernel memory to be leaked.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Neil Kettle (mu-b).
ChangeLog
2007-09-26 : Initial release
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