CVE-2009-1337

CVE-2009-1337 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.

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