The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s PCMCIA kernel driver allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or cause other adverse effects.

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s PCMCIA kernel driver is related to the race condition between the functions cm4040open and readerdetach in the drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040cs.c file. This race condition causes the previously freed memory to be used again. An attacker can exploit th...