CVE

Id
53233  
CVE No.
CVE-2011-5321  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20150313)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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