FKIE_CVE-2010-5328

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-06 06:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:26
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
include/linux/init_task.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent signals with a process group ID of zero from reaching the swapper process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to this process group.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcddIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01dfIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcddIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01dfIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcddIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01dfIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcddIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01dfIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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