VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-0723
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')