Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: NULL pointer dereference via spk_ttyio_ldisc_close
December 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, Linux.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/11/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a NULL pointer to be dereferenced via
spk_ttyio_ldisc_close of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a
denial of service.
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