PT-2020-6080

CVE-2020-35508

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Published

2020-11-08

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Updated

2023-05-17

Description by

CVSS 3.1
4.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers, related to a race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id. This issue can be exploited by a local attacker to bypass checks and send any signal to a privileged process, potentially allowing privilege escalation.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
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Affected products
Related identifiers
ALSA-2021:1578
ALT-PU-2021-1833
ALT-PU-2021-1888
ALT-PU-2021-1896
ALT-PU-2021-1983
ALT-PU-2021-3481
ALT-PU-2022-1240
ALT-PU-2022-1419
ALT-PU-2022-1421
ALT-PU-2023-1814
AZL-6528
CESA-2021_1578
CESA-2021_1739
RHSA-2021:1578
RHSA-2021_1578
RHSA-2021:1739
RHSA-2021_1739
RHSA-2021:2718
RHSA-2021:2719
USN-4751-1
USN-4752-1
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