Description
A denial of service vulnerability was found in n_tty_receive_char_special in drivers/tty/n_tty.c of the Linux kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with a normal user privilege could delay the loop (due to a changing ldata->read_head, and a missing sanity check) and cause a threat to the system availability.
Published: 2021-03-23
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7661 A denial of service vulnerability was found in n_tty_receive_char_special in drivers/tty/n_tty.c of the Linux kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with a normal user privilege could delay the loop (due to a changing ldata->read_head, and a missing sanity check) and cause a threat to the system availability.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.576Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20219

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-23T17:15:13.607

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:09.267

Link: CVE-2021-20219

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-26T03:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20219 - Bugzilla

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