CVE-2014-0196

What is affected

Vendor	Linux
Product	Kernel
Weakness	CWE-362

The vulnerability

Linux Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability within the n_tty_write function that allows local users to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or gain privileges via read and write operations with long strings.

Required action

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 2 June 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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