CVE-2009-1338
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 22, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 17, 2009
Description
The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not consider PID namespaces when processing signals directed to PID -1, which allows local users to bypass the intended namespace isolation, and send arbitrary signals to all processes in all namespaces, via a kill command.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d25141a818383b3c3b09f065698c544a7a0ec6e7
- 35656third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
- 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernelmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496031
- kernel-killsomethinginfo-security-bypass(50386)vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20090417 Re: CVE request: kernel: 'kill sig -1' must only apply to caller's PID namespacemailing-list
- 35120third-party-advisory
- USN-793-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1081vendor-advisory
- 34981third-party-advisory
- DSA-1800vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20080723 Re: [PATCH 1/2] signals: kill(-1) should only signal processes in the same namespacemailing-list
- 35343third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090421 Re: CVE request: kernel: 'kill sig -1' must only apply to caller's PID namespacemailing-list
- DSA-1787vendor-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- [oss-security] 20090416 CVE request: kernel: 'kill sig -1' must only apply to caller's PID namespacemailing-list
- 35121third-party-advisory
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