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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-3848

CVE-2007-3848

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.4.35
    • (no CPE)range: 2.4.35

Patches

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