vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-4170): linux-raspi2 vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 2, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
References
- CVE-2015-4170
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-4170
- CWE-362
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/26/1
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/2
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf872776fc84128bb779ce2b83a37c884c3203ae
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4170
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