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CVE-2011-5321

Published: May 2, 2016

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

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Description

The tty_open function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.1 mishandles a driver-lookup failure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted access to a device file under the /dev/pts directory.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20150313 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel: tty: kobject reference leakage in tty_open

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.1

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201887

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376

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