Description
Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.
Published: 2005-02-16
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0179 Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-82-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Netkit Linux Netkit
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Vserver Linux-vserver
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.299Z

Reserved: 2005-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0178

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-07T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0178

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0178 - Bugzilla

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