CVE-2011-5321 in Linux Kernelinfo

Summary

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.

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03/13/2015

Disclosure

05/02/2016

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VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
74021	Linux Kernel Virtual Console Support tty_driver_lookup_tty null pointer dereference	476	Unproven	Official fix	CVE-2011-5321

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