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CVE-2015-4170
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-02T10:59:12.623 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:26:51.493

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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