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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 0.38%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.38% probability · 32th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-362
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.