← Database

CVE-2005-0178

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.2 Published: 2005-03-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelNetkit Linux NetkitVserver Linux-Vserver

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References