CVE-2005-3527 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the Linux kernel by exploiting a race condition during core dump generation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-3527?

CVE-2005-3527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in do_coredump in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by triggering a core dump in one thread while another thread has a pending SIGSTOP.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3527?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3527 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fg28-g5cr-jq66.

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