Race condition

2016-05-0210:59:00

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Race condition in the ldsem_cmpxchg function in drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13-rc4-next-20131218 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ldsem_down_read and ldsem_down_write deadlock) by establishing a new tty thread during shutdown of a previous tty thread.

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux_kernelle3.13.3
enterprise_linux_compute_node_euseq7.1
enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_euseq7.1.0-s390-x
enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_euseq7.1.0-ppc64
enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_euseq7.1.0-ppc64-le
enterprise_linux_server_euseq7.1

Name	Operator	Version
linux_kernel	le	3.13.3
enterprise_linux_compute_node_eus	eq	7.1
enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus	eq	7.1.0-s390-x
enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus	eq	7.1.0-ppc64
enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus	eq	7.1.0-ppc64-le
enterprise_linux_server_eus	eq	7.1