CVE-2020-35508

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35508
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-26 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw possibility of race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id was found in the Linux kernel child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers. A local attacker is able to abuse this flaw to bypass checks to send any signal to a privileged process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.12 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.12 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.12 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.12 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.12 rc4 All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff A400 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Aff A400 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas8300 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas8300 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Fas8700 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Fas8700 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H615c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H615c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent · torvalds/linux@b4e0044 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE-2020-35508 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
1902724 – (CVE-2020-35508) CVE-2020-35508 kernel: fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159175 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9215)
  • 159185 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1578)
  • 239314 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1739)
  • 239339 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1578)
  • 239501 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2719) (Sequoia)
  • 239502 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2718) (Sequoia)
  • 390225 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0016)
  • 900100 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900305 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900320 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901953 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6528-1)
  • 903256 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4030)
  • 905857 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4030-1)
  • 940354 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1578)
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