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CVE-2009-1338

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2009-04-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not consider PID namespaces when processing signals directed to PID -1, which allows local users to bypass the intended namespace isolation, and send arbitrary signals to all processes in all namespaces, via a kill command.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References