Description
A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.
References (8)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-362
CWE-267
Status
published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.3
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.3
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.5
... and 3 more
Published
Jul 27, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026