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FKIE_CVE-2005-3847

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-27 00:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:17
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112430346613450&w=2Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508422716574&w=2Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19038Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://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
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac%3Bhp=ade6648b3b11a5d81f6f28135193ab6d85d621dbBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112430346613450&w=2Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112508422716574&w=2Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19038Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac%3Bhp=ade6648b3b11a5d81f6f28135193ab6d85d621dbBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16856Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
debian debian_linux 3.1
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