Race condition vulnerability in setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause denial of service and potentially access kernel memory

CVE-2005-0178

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

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