CVE-2015-4170
medium
CVSS v3
4.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4170
CWEs
CWE-362
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