CVE-2026-5398
HIGH SEVERITYCVSS Score & Metrics
Base Score
8.4 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Description
The implementation of TIOCNOTTY failed to clear a back-pointer from the structure representing the controlling terminal to the calling process' session. If the invoking process then exits, the terminal structure may end up containing a pointer to freed memory.
A malicious process can abuse the dangling pointer to grant itself root privileges.
A malicious process can abuse the dangling pointer to grant itself root privileges.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-416
Source
NVD
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