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CVE-2020-12826

Description

A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2. Because exec_id in include/linux/sched.h is only 32 bits, an integer overflow can interfere with a do_notify_parent protection mechanism. A child process can send an arbitrary signal to a parent process in a different security domain. Exploitation limitations include the amount of elapsed time before an integer overflow occurs, and the lack of scenarios where signals to a parent process present a substantial operational threat.


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
linux:linux_kernel linux linux kernel 5.6.5
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 7.0
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 6.0
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 5.0
redhat:enterprise_linux redhat enterprise linux 8.0
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 20.04
redhat:enterprise_mrg redhat enterprise mrg 2.0

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