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CVE-2009-4895

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-09-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2009-4895
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.26%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to the put_tty_queue and __f_setown functions. NOTE: the vulnerability was addressed in a different way in 2.6.32.9.