CVE-2020-35508
MEDIUM
4.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2021 at 04:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:13 AM UTC
35 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxH700S Firmware
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Severity
MEDIUM4.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
A 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 5.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902724x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-665CWE-362
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