Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.35)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004459
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2010-5328  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.35 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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