CVE-2020-35508
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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentialityLow
I:LIntegrityLow
A:LAvailabilityLow
Weaknesses
Affected Products
netapp
commercial·US
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
IBM Corp.
commercial·USaka ibm, ibm corporation
and 11 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Privilege Escalation
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902724
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948
github.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/
security.netapp.com
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