CVE - CVE-2020-35508

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-35508	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902724 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902724 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948 MISC:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/ URL:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20201217	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20201217)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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