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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-02T10:00:00

Updated: 2017-11-11T10:57:01

Reserved: 2015-06-02T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-4170

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:12.623

Modified: 2017-11-12T02:29:00.237


Link: CVE-2015-4170

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