VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-3847
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…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlBroken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112430346613450&w=2Mailing List, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508422716574&w=2Mailing List, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/stable-queue.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=f6cc7e101c49f356e4c4df5cca1ff352a0f01dd5%3Bhb=9c5fcb99af7c157be45e9d53aeb857ded5211fcd%3Bf=2.6.12.6/nptl-signal-delivery-deadlock-fix.patchBroken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac%3Bhp=ade6648b3b11a5d81f6f28135193ab6d85d621dbBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlBroken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112430346613450&w=2Mailing List, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508422716574&w=2Mailing List, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/stable-queue.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=f6cc7e101c49f356e4c4df5cca1ff352a0f01dd5%3Bhb=9c5fcb99af7c157be45e9d53aeb857ded5211fcd%3Bf=2.6.12.6/nptl-signal-delivery-deadlock-fix.patchBroken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac%3Bhp=ade6648b3b11a5d81f6f28135193ab6d85d621dbBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.