CVE-2015-4170
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Published: May 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux Server EusEnterprise Linux for Power Little Endian Eus
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.13.3
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf872776fc84128bb779ce2b83a37c884c3203aeMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/26/1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1395x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218879x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf872776fc84128bb779ce2b83a37c884c3203aex_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/patch-v3.13-rc4-next-20131218.xzQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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