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CVE-2015-4170

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% · 20.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.06%
20.1th 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:LTSlinux3.12.0-5.13, 3.12.0-7.15, 3.12.0-2.7
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

Timeline

  • Nov 24, 2015 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
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