Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's handle_stop_signal Function

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's handle_stop_signal Function

CVE-2005-3847 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The handle_stop_signal function in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 up to other versions before 2.6.13 and 2.6.12.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by sending a SIGKILL to a real-time threaded process while it is performing a core dump.

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