CVE-2014-0196
Published 2014-05-07 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secalert@redhat.com
Summary
CVE-2014-0196 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 12, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 2, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Linux has 32 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
All 32 known-exploited Linux vulnerabilities →Description
The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver access in the "LECHO & !OPOST" case, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges by triggering a race condition involving read and write operations with long strings.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Linux — Kernel
Name: Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-05-12 · Due: 2023-06-02
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
References
- http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875690
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4291086b1f081b869c6d79e5b7441633dc3ace00
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=yTSFUBgZ
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0512.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59218

