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CVE-2016-0723

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Published at: - 08-02-2016 04:59
Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44
Total changes: - 2

Description

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Low
Attack complexity
Local
Attack vector
High
Availability
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Privileges required
Unchanged
Scope
None
User interaction
6.8
Base score
2.5
4.2
Exploitability score
Impact score
 

Verification logic

 

Reference

 


Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2016-0723

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures

 

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