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.
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Published : 2016-05-02 03:59
Updated : 2017-11-11 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2015-4170
Mitre link : CVE-2015-4170
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CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus
- enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus
- enterprise_linux_compute_node_eus
- enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus
linux
- linux_kernel