CVE-2018-18386 (GCVE-0-2018-18386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-17 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:08
VLAI
Summary
drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11 allows local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-10-17 00:00
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