CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0178

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2005-03-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-03-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

Affected configurations

• netkit linux netkit 0.17 • netkit linux netkit 0.17.17 • vserver linux-vserver 1.20 • vserver linux-vserver 1.21 • vserver linux-vserver 1.22 • vserver linux-vserver 1.23 • vserver linux-vserver 1.24 • linux linux kernel 2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.0.1 • linux linux kernel 2.0.2 • linux linux kernel 2.0.3 • linux linux kernel 2.0.4 • linux linux kernel 2.0.5 • linux linux kernel 2.0.6 • linux linux kernel 2.0.7 • linux linux kernel 2.0.8 • linux linux kernel 2.0.9 • linux linux kernel 2.0.9.9 • linux linux kernel 2.0.10 • linux linux kernel 2.0.11 • linux linux kernel 2.0.12 • linux linux kernel 2.0.13 • linux linux kernel 2.0.14 • linux linux kernel 2.0.15 • linux linux kernel 2.0.16 • linux linux kernel 2.0.17 • linux linux kernel 2.0.18 • linux linux kernel 2.0.19 • linux linux kernel 2.0.20 • linux linux kernel 2.0.21 • linux linux kernel 2.0.22 • linux linux kernel 2.0.23 • linux linux kernel 2.0.24 • linux linux kernel 2.0.25 • linux linux kernel 2.0.26 • linux linux kernel 2.0.27 • linux linux kernel 2.0.28 • linux linux kernel 2.0.29 • linux linux kernel 2.0.30 • linux linux kernel 2.0.31 • linux linux kernel 2.0.32 • linux linux kernel 2.0.33 • linux linux kernel 2.0.34 • linux linux kernel 2.0.35 • linux linux kernel 2.0.36 • linux linux kernel 2.0.37 • linux linux kernel 2.0.38 • linux linux kernel 2.0.39 • linux linux kernel 2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.1.89 • linux linux kernel 2.2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.2.2 • linux linux kernel 2.2.3 • linux linux kernel 2.2.4 • linux linux kernel 2.2.5 • linux linux kernel 2.2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.2.7 • linux linux kernel 2.2.8 • linux linux kernel 2.2.9 … and 146 more

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