suse · CVE-2005-0178

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Priority: low Published: 2021-05-30 12:31:49 UTC Updated: 2026-04-20 08:44:18 UTC

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Tracker summary

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

Description:

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

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