VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2014-0196

Linux Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability within the nttywrite function that allows local users to cause a denial-of-service DoS or gain privileges via read and write operations with long strings...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0196

The nttywrite function in drivers/tty/ntty.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...