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.
Published: 2016-05-02
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4193 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.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Rhel Eus Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.976Z

Reserved: 2015-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4170

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:12.623

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-4170

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-01-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4170 - Bugzilla

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