FKIE_CVE-2007-3848
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-14 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:42
Severity
Summary
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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