Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)