CVE-2016-0723

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-11-27

Description


Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c inthe 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-0723 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5.6 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el6uek)ELSA-2016-35962016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2016-35962016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el7uek)ELSA-2016-35962016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2016-35962016-08-26
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)OVMSA-2016-01002016-09-21



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