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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.6.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3596	2016-08-26
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0100	2016-09-21

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