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CVE-2009-4895

Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL po…

Impact

Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to the put_tty_queue and __f_setown functions. NOTE: the vulnerability was addressed in a different way in 2.6.32.9.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 2.6.32.6
DebianDebian Linux
Version 5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10

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