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Medium
CVE-2005-3847
The handle_stop_signal function in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 up...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- 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.patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508422716574&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac%3Bhp=ade6648b3b11a5d81f6f28135193ab6d85d621db
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16856
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112430346613450&w=2
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.11, 3.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 27th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.