CVE-2010-1162
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
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Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 as they did not include upstream commit ab521dc0 that introduced the problem. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0631.html.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2010:0631 | 2010-08-17 |
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