CVE-2015-4170 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.06% · 19.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.06%
19.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.12.0-3.8, 3.12.0-3.9, 3.12.0-4.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0

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