CVE-2015-4170 Information

Description

Race condition in the ldsem_cmpxchg function in drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13-rc4-next-20131218 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ldsem_down_read and ldsem_down_write deadlock) by establishing a new tty thread during shutdown of a previous tty thread.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf872776fc84128bb779ce2b83a37c884c3203ae http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/26/1 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74820 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1395 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218879 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf872776fc84128bb779ce2b83a37c884c3203ae https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.13-rc4-next-20131218.xz

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7