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CVE-2016-0723

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.

  • Published: Feb 8, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-0723
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel - 4.4.1.x