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CVE-2020-35508

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CVE-2020-35508

Published: Mar 26, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

kernel

affected
kernel 5.12

Weaknesses (CWE)

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