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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-03-23T17:15:13.607
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:09.267
Link: CVE-2021-20219
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD