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CVE-2026-5398
Summary

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.

Publication Date April 22, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Registration Date April 25, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
Last Update April 23, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
CVSS3.1 : HIGH
スコア 8.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
攻撃元区分(AV) ローカル
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR) 不要
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更なし
機密性への影響(C)
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A)
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