cve/2016/CVE-2016-9794.md

### [CVE-2016-9794](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9794)
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### Description

Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon