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CVE-2020-35508

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.

  • Published: Mar 26, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-35508
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.5
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P