CVE-2009-0028
The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child...
- Published
- Feb 27, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Feb 25, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 51.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.
Sources
1Chris Evans · linux · Feb 25, 2009
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