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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade shadow | Jul 27, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade util-linux | May 3, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade uuiddUpgrade libmount-develUpgrade coreutilsUpgrade coreutils-debuginfoUpgrade coreutils-libsUpgrade libblkidUpgrade libuuidUpgrade util-linux-debuginfoUpgrade libmountUpgrade libblkid-develUpgrade libuuid-develUpgrade util-linux | Apr 13, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade coreutilsUpgrade shadowUpgrade util-linux | Feb 25, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-apps/shadow. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade libmountUpgrade libuuidUpgrade util-linuxUpgrade uuiddUpgrade libblkidUpgrade libblkid-develUpgrade libuuid-devel | Oct 11, 2019 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libmountUpgrade libuuidUpgrade libblkidUpgrade uuiddUpgrade util-linuxUpgrade libuuid-develUpgrade libblkid-devel | Oct 11, 2019 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade coreutilsUpgrade libblkidUpgrade libmountUpgrade uuiddUpgrade libmount-develUpgrade util-linuxUpgrade libuuid-develUpgrade libuuidUpgrade libblkid-develUpgrade coreutils-libs | Mar 28, 2017 | Feb 22, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade util-linuxUpgrade coreutils-libsUpgrade util-linux-debuginfoUpgrade uuiddUpgrade coreutilsUpgrade libmount-develUpgrade libuuidUpgrade libblkid-develUpgrade libblkidUpgrade libmountNo solution existsUpgrade coreutils-debuginfoUpgrade libuuid-devel | Mar 23, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade util-linux-langUpgrade libsmartcols1Upgrade util-linux-systemdUpgrade sles12sp2-docker-imageUpgrade coreutilsUpgrade libblkid1Upgrade python-libmountUpgrade libuuid-develUpgrade libblkid-devel-staticUpgrade libuuid-devel-staticUpgrade libmount1Upgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade coreutils-langUpgrade libblkid-develUpgrade coreutils-x86Upgrade libmount1-32bitUpgrade libmount-develUpgrade libblkid1-32bitUpgrade libuuid1Upgrade libuuid1-32bitUpgrade util-linuxUpgrade libfdisk-develUpgrade libfdisk1Upgrade uuiddUpgrade libsmartcols-devel | Feb 24, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade uidmapUpgrade loginUpgrade passwd | May 5, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 27, 2018 |
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