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CVE-2011-5321
CVE-2011-5321
REJECTED
The tty_open function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.1 mishandles a driver-lookup failure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted access to a device file under the /dev/pts directory.
EPSS 0.04% · 13.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
13.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-utopic | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20150313 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel: tty: kobject reference leakage in tty_open (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 (circl)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.1 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201887 (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376 (circl)
- RHSA-2015:1221 (circl)
Timeline
- May 2, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5321 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5321 third-party-advisory