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).
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux_kernel | Linux | * | 2.4.35 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.9-e.74 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.4.21-53.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.17 | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.20 | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.22 | Ubuntu | devel | * |