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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12-rc1 | 5.12-rc1.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12-rc2 | 5.12-rc2.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12-rc3 | 5.12-rc3.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12-rc4 | 5.12-rc4.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12 | 5.12.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 5.12 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |