CVE-2021-20219
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 23, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 17, 2020
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was found in n_tty_receive_char_special in drivers/tty/n_tty.c of the Linux kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with a normal user privilege could delay the loop (due to a changing ldata->read_head, and a missing sanity check) and cause a threat to the system availability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
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