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GHSA-J6RR-99WM-Q9WM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:41 – Updated: 2025-04-09 04:13

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The tty_ldisc_hangup function in drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc before 2.6.31-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash, sometimes preceded by a NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges via certain pseudo-terminal I/O activity, as demonstrated by KernelTtyTest.c.

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CVE-2009-3043 (GCVE-0-2009-3043)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:14

Summary

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No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

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2009-08-27 00:00

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GHSA-J6RR-99WM-Q9WM

CVE-2009-3043 (GCVE-0-2009-3043)

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