CVE-2016-2544: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.4

Published 2016-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.