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CVE-2015-4170

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.13.3
RedhatEnterprise Linux Compute Node Eus
Version 7.1
RedhatEnterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus
Version 7.1_s390x
RedhatEnterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus
Version 7.1_ppc64
RedhatEnterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus
Version 7.1_ppc64le
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.1

Weakness classification

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