vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-35508: CVE-2020-35508 kernel: fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 26, 2021 | May 21, 2021 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 26, 2021
Added
May 21, 2021
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
A flaw possibility of race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id was found in the Linux kernel child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers. A local attacker is able to abuse this flaw to bypass checks to send any signal to a privileged process.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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