# CVE-2021-20219: A denial of service vulnerability was found in n\_tty\_receive\_char\_special in drivers/tty/n\_tty.c of the Linux kernel.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-23 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a kernel: kernel 4.18

## Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in n_tty_receive_char_special in drivers/tty/n_tty.c of the Linux kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with a normal user privilege could delay the loop (due to a changing ldata->read_head, and a missing sanity check) and cause a threat to the system availability.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923738

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