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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-5285 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.
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00072}

epss

{'score': 0.00078}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.194Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-5328

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.137

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2010-5328

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-5328 - Bugzilla

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