Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

Summary

A race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel may allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service.

Affected Products

FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.3

Solutions

Upgrade to FortiOS version
5.4.4 or 5.6.0

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0723