### [CVE-2016-0723](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0723)
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### Description

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2932-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2948-2

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.