The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11187 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947 cve-icon cve-icon
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-02-27T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.455Z

Reserved: 2008-12-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-0028

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-27T17:30:09.860

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:58:54.133

Link: CVE-2009-0028

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-02-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0028 - Bugzilla