CVE-2020-12826

A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2

published May 12, 2020

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2. Because exec_id in include/linux/sched.h is only 32 bits, an integer overflow can interfere with a do_notify_parent protection mechanism. A child process can send an arbitrary signal to a parent process in a different security domain. Exploitation limitations include the amount of elapsed time before an integer overflow occurs, and the lack of scenarios where signals to a parent process present a substantial operational threat.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00706 · 52.8th percentile
Published
2020-05-12T18:58Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAY 18:58Z
    A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2
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