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…

published May 2, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00326 · 24.2th percentile
Published
2016-05-02T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 10:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5