Race condition vulnerability in setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause denial of service and potentially access kernel memory

Race condition vulnerability in setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause denial of service and potentially access kernel memory

CVE-2005-0178 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

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