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CVE-2016-0723

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…

Medium6.8EPSS 0.38%
Published
Updated
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Assigned by
redhat

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-0723, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium6.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

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