CVE-2016-0723

Medium

Description

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedFeb 8, 2016
First seenFeb 8, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.4.1—

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