CVE-2010-5328

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-02-06

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df