CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3847

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2005-11-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-11-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-667

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.11 < 2.6.13) • debian debian linux 3.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

References