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CAN-2004-0814: Linux terminal layer races Oct 20 2004 10:43PM
Alan Cox (alan lxorguk ukuu org uk)
Linux 2.6.9 fixes a set of race conditions in the Linux terminal
subsystem which are believed to go back to 2.2 kernels if not earlier.
The race shows up problematically in two places.

Firstly a user can cause crashes and other undefined behaviour by
issuing a TIOCSETLD ioctl on a terminal interfac...

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