CVE-2010-5328

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <2.6.35 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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 (10)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358840

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97103

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 21.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.34.7

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026