CVE-2010-5328 (GCVE-0-2010-5328)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-06 06:04 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public
2010-08-01 00:00
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