Security Advisory
CVE-2016-0723
6.8
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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 Date
February 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory