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Bug 267240 (CVE-2009-1338) - Kernel: <2.6.28 kernel/signal.c kill_something_info() DOS (CVE-2009-1338)
Summary: Kernel: <2.6.28 kernel/signal.c kill_something_info() DOS (CVE-2009-1338)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2009-1338
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...
Whiteboard: [linux > 2.6 < 2.6.28]
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Reported: 2009-04-23 16:34 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-09-05 03:05 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2009-04-23 16:34:43 UTC 
CVE-2009-1338 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1338):
  The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux
  kernel before 2.6.28 does not consider PID namespaces when processing
  signals directed to PID -1, which allows local users to bypass the
  intended namespace isolation, and send arbitrary signals to all
  processes in all namespaces, via a kill command.