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GHSA-rvqj-x8r2-p6fr
GHSA-rvqj-x8r2-p6fr
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Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.
Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (4 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html url
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html url
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34680 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34917 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906 url
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html url
- http://osvdb.org/52204 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34033 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118 url
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