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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4170

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4170 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 2, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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